CVE-2026-8071 — Spam protection, Honeypot, Anti-Spam by CleanTalk < 6.79 - Unauthenticated Stored XSS via Comment Shortcode Bypass

CVE-2026-8071

Spam protection, Honeypot, Anti-Spam by CleanTalk < 6.79 - Unauthenticated Stored XSS via Comment Shortcode Bypass PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

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.

Affected (CNA)

Vendor / product	Versions
Unknown / Anti-Spam by CleanTalk. Spam protection	affected 0 before 6.79

CWE

No CWE identifiers supplied.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0d4635b5-2d79-4337-a1ad-6b8d02cfd64b/

ADP enrichment

CISA-ADP

No English description supplied.

No references supplied.