CVE-2026-77830: CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in cleantalk Spam protection, Honeypot, Anti-Spam by CleanTalk
The Spam protection, Honeypot, Anti-Spam by CleanTalk plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment Content aria-label Placeholder in all versions up to, and including, 6.86 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with custom-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. The payload is deliverable via unauthenticated comment submission and executes exclusively for non-logged-in visitors; if comment moderation is enabled, an approving moderator must first publish the comment before the script reaches other users.
CVE-2026-77830: CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in cleantalk Spam protection, Honeypot, Anti-Spam by CleanTalk
Description
The Spam protection, Honeypot, Anti-Spam by CleanTalk plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment Content aria-label Placeholder in all versions up to, and including, 6.86 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with custom-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. The payload is deliverable via unauthenticated comment submission and executes exclusively for non-logged-in visitors; if comment moderation is enabled, an approving moderator must first publish the comment before the script reaches other users.
CVSS v3.1
Score 7.2high
Weaknesses
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Wordfence
- Date Reserved
- 2026-08-21T14:54:08.589Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a9bbc38acd9273b49760cb6
Added to database: 09/05/2026, 06:52:40 UTC
Last updated: 09/05/2026, 07:37:05 UTC
Views: 5
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