Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in CleanTalk's Security Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2025-13604

7.2HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Login Security, Firewall, Malware Removal By Cleantalk
Vendor
CVE Published:
9 December 2025

What is CVE-2025-13604?

The Login Security, FireWall, and Malware removal plugin by CleanTalk for WordPress is affected by a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability due to inadequate input sanitization and output escaping. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious web scripts into the page URL, which can execute whenever a user accesses such an injected page. Versions of the plugin up to and including 2.168 remain susceptible to this issue, posing a significant threat to users' web security.

Affected Version(s)

Login Security, FireWall, Malware removal by CleanTalk * <= 2.168

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/security-malwa...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.2
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Angus Girvan
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