CVE-2024-13365: The Security & Malware scan by CleanTalk plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to the plugin uploading and extracting .zip archives when scanning them for malware through th

critical Affects security-malware-firewall (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published 2025-02-12; advisory modified 2026-06-17.

The Security & Malware scan by CleanTalk plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to the plugin uploading and extracting .zip archives when scanning them for malware through th

Package: security-malware-firewall (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions: <2.150
Fixed in: 2.150
Severity: critical CVSS 9.8
Exploitation: not on CISA KEV · EPSS 2% (75.5th percentile)
Published: 2025-02-12
Source: nvd

References

CWE-434

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