Spam protection, AntiSpam, FireWall by CleanTalk <= 5.153.3 - Unauthenticated Blind SQL Injection

7.5
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
CVE CVE-2021-24295
CVSS 7.5 (High)
Publicly Published March 5, 2021
Last Updated February 2, 2023
Researcher Ram - Wordfence

Description

It was possible to exploit an Unauthenticated Time-Based Blind SQL Injection vulnerability in the Spam protection, AntiSpam, FireWall by CleanTalk WordPress Plugin before 5.153.4. The update_log function in lib/Cleantalk/ApbctWP/Firewall/SFW.php included a vulnerable query that could be injected via the User-Agent Header by manipulating the cookies set by the Spam protection, AntiSpam, FireWall by CleanTalk WordPress plugin before 5.153.4, sending an initial request to obtain a ct_sfw_pass_key cookie and then manually setting a separate ct_sfw_passed cookie and disallowing it from being reset.

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1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug cleantalk-spam-protect (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 5.153.4, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 5.153.3
Patched Version
  • 5.153.4

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