CVE-2024-13365 is a critical arbitrary file upload vulnerability affecting the CleanTalk Security & Malware Scan plugin for WordPress, versions up to and including 2.149. Unauthenticated attackers can exploit this by uploading and extracting malicious .zip archives during the plugin's malware scanning process. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this flaw allows for potential remote code execution, leading to complete compromise of the affected website. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit tools like Metasploit or Nuclei modules, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.150CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cleantalk:security_\&_malware_scan:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.