Is CVE-2024-10781 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2024-10781 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2024-10781?

CVE-2024-10781 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.1 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2024-10781?

CVE-2024-10781 has an EPSS score of 3.82% (89th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2024-10781?

Upgrade spam protection\, antispam\, firewall to 6.45 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2024-10781

HIGHEPSS 89th pctl

8.1

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

The Spam protection, Anti-Spam, FireWall by CleanTalk plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized Arbitrary Plugin Installation due to an missing empty value check on the 'api_key' value in the 'perform' function in all versions up to, and including, 6.44. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to install and activate arbitrary plugins which can be leveraged to achieve remote code execution if another vulnerable plugin is installed and activated.

CWE-703

How to fix

Remediation Available

spam protection\, antispam\, firewallNVD

Affected:< 6.45Fixed in:6.45CVE-2024-10781derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityHigh

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

3.82%probability of exploitation in 30 days

89thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 89% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

plugins.trac.wordpress.org

Third-Party Advisory1

wordfence.com

Product2

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-07-12.