CVE-2023-5239

Published Nov 27, 2023

Last updated 5 months ago

Overview

Description: The Security & Malware scan by CleanTalk WordPress plugin before 2.121 retrieves client IP addresses from potentially untrusted headers, allowing an attacker to manipulate its value. This may be used to bypass bruteforce protection.
Source: contact@wpscan.com
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type: Primary
Base score: 7.5
Impact score: 3.6
Exploitability score: 3.9
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Severity: HIGH

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-noinfo

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:cleantalk:security_\\&_malware_scan:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "CB9D1B30-A87B-4FA6-89C4-4716041ACE2A",
            "versionEndIncluding": "2.121"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References