Vulnerability record · CVE-2026-8071 · published 10 June 2026
CVE-2026-8071: Cross-site scripting vulnerability
The Anti-Spam by CleanTalk. Spam protection WordPress plugin before 6.79 does not properly sanitize content within a custom shortcode used in its email-encoding feature, allowing unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts into approved comments that will execute when any user (including administrators) views the post.
Description
The Anti-Spam by CleanTalk. Spam protection WordPress plugin before 6.79 does not properly sanitize content within a custom shortcode used in its email-encoding feature, allowing unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts into approved comments that will execute when any user (including administrators) views the post.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
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Related vulnerabilities
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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2026-8071), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.