CVE-2026-77830
Spam protection, Honeypot, Anti-Spam by CleanTalk <= 6.86 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment Content aria-label Placeholder
The Spam protection, Honeypot, Anti-Spam by CleanTalk plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment Content aria-label Placeholder in all versions up to, and including, 6.86 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with custom-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. The payload is deliverable via unauthenticated comment submission and executes exclusively for non-logged-in visitors; if comment moderation is enabled, an approving moderator must first publish the comment before the script reaches other users.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
7.2
Spam protection, Honeypot, Anti-Spam by CleanTalk <= 6.86 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment Content aria-label Placeholder
The Spam protection, Honeypot, Anti-Spam by CleanTalk plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment Content aria-label Placeholder in all versions up to, and including, 6.86 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with custom-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. The payload is deliverable via unauthenticated comment submission and executes exclusively for non-logged-in visitors; if comment moderation is enabled, an approving moderator must first publish the comment before the script reaches other users.
- Record
CVE-2026-77830- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-71878
7.2
The Spam protection, Honeypot, Anti-Spam by CleanTalk plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment Content aria-label Placeholder in all versions up to, and including, 6.86 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with custom-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. The payload is deliverable via unauthenticated comment submission and executes exclusively for non-logged-in visitors; if comment moderation is enabled, an approving moderator must first publish the comment before the script reaches other users.
- Record
EUVD-2026-71878- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-63v3-hvpj-cxrm
7.2
The Spam protection, Honeypot, Anti-Spam by CleanTalk plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to...
The Spam protection, Honeypot, Anti-Spam by CleanTalk plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment Content aria-label Placeholder in all versions up to, and including, 6.86 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with custom-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. The payload is deliverable via unauthenticated comment submission and executes exclusively for non-logged-in visitors; if comment moderation is enabled, an approving moderator must first publish the comment before the script reaches other users.
- Record
GHSA-63v3-hvpj-cxrm- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
7.2
The Spam protection, Honeypot, Anti-Spam by CleanTalk plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment Content aria-label Placeholder in all versions up to, and including, 6.86 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with custom-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. The payload is deliverable via unauthenticated comment submission and executes exclusively for non-logged-in visitors; if comment moderation is enabled, an approving moderator must first publish the comment before the script reaches other users.
- Record
CVE-2026-77830- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-77830 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.2) in Cleantalk Spam Protection, Honeypot, Anti-spam By Cleantalk, published September 5, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.47%, the 41st percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/10e7000b-597a-4165-8604-cb6b29714abb?source=cve
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cleantalk-spam-protect/tags/6.85/lib/Cleantalk/Common/ContactsEncoder/ContactsEncoder.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cleantalk-spam-protect/tags/6.85/lib/Cleantalk/ApbctWP/ContactsEncoder/ContactsEncoder.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cleantalk-spam-protect/tags/6.85/cleantalk.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cleantalk-spam-protect/tags/6.84/lib/Cleantalk/Common/ContactsEncoder/ContactsEncoder.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cleantalk-spam-protect/tags/6.84/lib/Cleantalk/ApbctWP/ContactsEncoder/ContactsEncoder.php
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plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cleantalk-spam-protect/tags/6.84/cleantalk.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&new=3677388%40cleantalk-spam-protect%2Ftags%2F6.87&old=3654120%40cleantalk-spam-protect%2Ftags%2F6.86
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3677388/cleantalk-spam-protect/trunk/lib/Cleantalk/Common/ContactsEncoder/ContactsEncoder.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=%2Fcleantalk-spam-protect/tags/6.86&new_path=%2Fcleantalk-spam-protect/tags/6.87
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-77830
github.com/advisories/GHSA-63v3-hvpj-cxrm