CVE-2020-36698

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions The Security & Malware scan by CleanTalk plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 2.50

Description The issue 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.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 2.50, update to a version higher than 2.50 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the administrative dashboard and limiting subscriber-level permissions to minimize the risk of exploitation.