{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-36698 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2020-36698 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2020-36698 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Login Security, FireWall, Malware removal by CleanTalk, published on 20 Oct 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2020-36698 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2020-36698 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Login Security, FireWall, Malware removal by CleanTalk, published on 20 Oct 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-36698 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Login Security, FireWall, Malware removal by CleanTalk. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-36698/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-36698/index.md)","id":"CVE-2020-36698","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-36698/index.md","name":"CVE-2020-36698","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-c55p-cv2w-vc32"],"analysis":{"component_type":"cms_plugin","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["data_modify"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"WordPress security plugin","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Authenticated subscribers can delete or upload files due to missing capability checks in the CleanTalk WordPress plugin.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"missing_authorization"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Wordfence","cpe":[{"product":"security_\\\u0026_malware_scan","vendor":"cleantalk"}],"cvss":{"score":8.8,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-862","name":"Missing Authorization"}],"description":"The Security \u0026 Malware scan by CleanTalk plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized user interaction in versions up to, and including, 2.50. This is due to missing capability checks on several AJAX actions and nonce disclosure in the source page of the administrative dashboard. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to call functions and delete and/or upload files.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Security \u0026 Malware scan by CleanTalk \u003c= 2.50 - Missing Authorization","id":"CVE-2020-36698","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"missing_authorization","year":"2020"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":3,"next":{"headline":"Quick Page/Post Redirect Plugin \u003c= 5.1.9 - Redirect Security Bypass","id":"CVE-2020-36699"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"WP GDPR \u003c= 2.1.1 - Missing Authorization Checks","id":"CVE-2020-36697"},"products":["Login Security, FireWall, Malware removal by CleanTalk"],"published":"2023-10-20","related":[{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Security \u0026 Malware scan by CleanTalk \u003c= 2.149 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload","id":"CVE-2024-13365","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-02-12"},{"cvss_score":7.5,"headline":"Security \u0026 Malware scan by CleanTalk \u003c 2.121 - IP Spoofing","id":"CVE-2023-5239","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-11-27"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-04-08","vendors":["cleantalk"]},"summary":"Authenticated subscribers can delete or upload files due to missing capability checks in the CleanTalk WordPress plugin.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-36698/"}