High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Jun 10, 2026· Updated Jun 10, 2026
CVE-2026-8071
CVE-2026-8071
Description
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.
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Affected products
2- Range: <6.79
- Range: <6.79
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1News mentions
1- Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (June 8, 2026 to June 14, 2026)Wordfence Blog · Jun 18, 2026