High severity · published Oct 23, 2026
CVE-2026-109198
Anti-Spam by CleanTalk <= 6.89.1 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'user_email' Registration Parameter
New
7.2
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Anti-Spam by CleanTalk – Spam Protection Without CAPTCHA plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'user_email' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 6.89.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. Successful exploitation requires user registration to be open on the site, and script execution is triggered when an Administrator subsequently runs the plugin's user-spam scan and views the resulting Non-checkable users or Spam users tab — the plugin's own documented workflow.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 32% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CA
CleanTalk Anti-Spam – Complete Spam Protection · cleantalk
through 6.89.1 · source: vendor
Affected product
CA
CleanTalk Anti-Spam – Complete Spam Protection
cleantalk
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-109198
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-109198
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cleantalk-spam-protect/tags/6.89.1/inc/cleantalk-public-integrations.php#L882
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cleantalk-spam-protect/tags/6.89.1/lib/Cleantalk/ApbctWP/FindSpam/ListTable/BadUsers.php#L87
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cleantalk-spam-protect/tags/6.89.1/lib/Cleantalk/ApbctWP/FindSpam/ListTable/Users.php#L113
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cleantalk-spam-protect/tags/6.89.1/lib/Cleantalk/ApbctWP/FindSpam/UsersChecker.php#L182
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3747972%40cleantalk-spam-protect&new=3747972%40cleantalk-spam-protect
www.wordfence.com
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/93cf8a35-61a4-4998-ae34-86c96898e30f?source=cve
