CVE-2026-1490 PUBLISHED

Spam protection, Honeypot, Anti-Spam by CleanTalk <= 6.71 - Authorization Bypass via Reverse DNS (PTR record) Spoofing to Unauthenticated Arbitrary Plugin Installation

Assigner: Wordfence
Reserved: 27.01.2026 Published: 15.02.2026 Updated: 15.02.2026

The Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized Arbitrary Plugin Installation due to an authorization bypass via reverse DNS (PTR record) spoofing on the 'checkWithoutToken' function in all versions up to, and including, 6.71. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to install and activate arbitrary plugins which can be leveraged to achieve remote code execution if another vulnerable plugin is installed and activated. Note: This is only exploitable on sites with an invalid API key.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 9.8

Product Status

Vendor cleantalk
Product Spam protection, Honeypot, Anti-Spam by CleanTalk
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from * to 6.71 (incl.)

Credits

  • Nguyen Ngoc Duc finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-350 Reliance on Reverse DNS Resolution for a Security-Critical Action CWE