WordPress plugin · cleantalk-spam-protect
Is Anti-Spam, Spam FireWall by CleanTalk safe?
Safe on 6.90 or newer.
The current version, 6.90, is past every affected range on record (16 of 16 records list one). Keep it updated and you’re clear of them.
- Flaws on record
- 16
- High or critical
- 11
- Exploited
- none
- Current version
- 6.90
- Last updated
- Oct 29, 2026
- Active installs
- 200,000+
Every recorded flaw
- Oct 23, 2026Anti-Spam by CleanTalk – Spam Protection Without CAPTCHA: Stored Cross-Site ScriptingCVE-2026-109198 · affects up to 6.89.1 · reported by WordfenceHigh 7.2
- Oct 10, 2026Anti-Spam by CleanTalk – Spam Protection Without CAPTCHA: Stored Cross-Site ScriptingCVE-2026-103424 · affects up to 6.88 · reported by WordfenceMedium 5.4
- Sep 9, 2026CleanTalk: Does not prevent unauthenticatedCVE-2026-19855 · fixed in 6.87 · reported by WPScanMedium 6.5
- Sep 5, 2026Spam protection, Honeypot, Anti-Spam by CleanTalk: Stored Cross-Site ScriptingCVE-2026-77830 · affects up to 6.86 · reported by WordfenceHigh 7.2
- Jul 27, 2026Unauthenticated Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in Spam protection, AntiSpam, FireWall by CleanTalk <= 6.82 versions.CVE-2026-65437 · affects up to 6.82 · reported by PatchstackHigh 7.1
- Jun 10, 2026Anti-Spam by CleanTalk. Spam protection: Does not properly sanitize content within a custom shortcode used in its email-encoding featureCVE-2026-8071 · fixed in 6.79 · reported by WPScanHigh 8.8
- Feb 14, 2026Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk: Unauthorized Arbitrary Plugin InstallationCVE-2026-1490 · affects up to 6.71 · reported by Wordfence1.3% oddsCritical 9.8
- Dec 13, 2024Spam protection, AntiSpam, FireWall by CleanTalk: Missing AuthorizationCVE-2023-33996 · affects up to 6.10 · reported by PatchstackHigh 8.8
- Nov 26, 2024Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk: Unauthorized Arbitrary Plugin InstallationCVE-2024-10781 · affects up to 6.44 · reported by Wordfence3.7% oddsHigh 8.1
- Nov 26, 2024Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk: Unauthorized Arbitrary Plugin InstallationCVE-2024-10542 · affects up to 6.43.2 · reported by Wordfence15% oddsCritical 9.8
- Feb 29, 2024Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)CVE-2023-51696 · affects up to 6.20 · reported by PatchstackMedium 4.3
- Jan 5, 2024Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)CVE-2023-51535 · affects up to 6.20 · reported by PatchstackMedium 4.3
- Oct 25, 2022Spam protection, AntiSpam, FireWall by CleanTalk: Does not validate ids before using them in a SQL statementCVE-2022-3302 · fixed in 5.185.1 · reported by WPScan1.3% oddsHigh 7.2
- May 17, 2021It was possible to exploit an Unauthenticated Time-Based Blind SQL Injection vulnerability in the Spam protection, AntiSpam, FireWall by CleanTalk WordPress PluCVE-2021-24295 · fixed in 5.153.4 · reported by WPScan4.7% oddsHigh 7.5
- Mar 18, 2021Unvalidated input in the Anti-Spam by CleanTalk WordPress plugin, versions before 5.149, lead to multiple authenticated SQL injection vulnerabilities, however, CVE-2021-24131 · fixed in 5.149 · reported by WPScan1.4% oddsHigh 7.2
- Nov 13, 2019The CleanTalk cleantalk-spam-protect plugin before 5.127.4 for WordPress is affected by: Cross Site Scripting (XSS).CVE-2019-17515 · fixed in 5.127.4 · reported by MITRE1.3% oddsMedium 6.1
Records come from the National Vulnerability Database, published by the researchers who found each flaw (Wordfence, Patchstack, WPScan and others); exploited status from CISA; exploit odds from FIRST’s EPSS; current version, installs and closures from wordpress.org, checked daily. Want every plugin on your site checked at once? Run the free website check.
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