CVE-2026-8071
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CVE-2026-8071 is a high-severity vulnerability rated 8.8/10 on the CVSS scale. The Anti-Spam by CleanTalk. Spam protection WordPress plugin before 6.79 does not properly sanitize content within a custom shortcode used in its email-encoding feature, allowing unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts into approved comments that will execute when any user (including administrators) views the post.. EPSS estimates a 0.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
The Anti-Spam by CleanTalk. Spam protection WordPress plugin before 6.79 does not properly sanitize content within a custom shortcode used in its email-encoding feature, allowing unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts into approved comments that will execute when any user (including administrators) views the post.
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Timeline
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- Status
- Deferred
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