CVE-2026-8071
Spam protection, Honeypot, Anti-Spam by CleanTalk < 6.79 - Unauthenticated Stored XSS via Comment Shortcode Bypass
Vexday Risk Score
41Attention
SSVC decision (CISA)
Attend
PoC available → attend closely
Exploit maturity
Proof of concept
Public proof of concept exists, but not yet automated.
CVSS 8.8EPSS 0.3%KEV nãoPoC públicaNuclei —Metasploit —Patch —
Lifecycle
10 Jun 2026Published on NVD
Recommendation: Plan a near-term fix — a public PoC already exists.
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
Affected products
Unknown · Anti-Spam by CleanTalk. Spam protectionpublic PoCs found — 1
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