WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Security by CleanTalk < 2.191 - Admin+ Sensitive Data Disclosure via FSWatcher File Viewer

Description

The plugin does not restrict its File System Watcher file viewer to Super Admins or to the files it legitimately tracks, allowing a non-super-admin administrator, including a subsite administrator on WordPress multisite, to read the contents of sensitive tracked files such as the main configuration file and disclose the site's authentication keys, salts and, on a standard install, database credentials.

Proof of Concept

Affects Plugins

References

Classification

Type
SENSITIVE DATA DISCLOSURE
CWE

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Karthik
Submitter
Karthik Ramakrishnan
Verified
Yes

Timeline

Publicly Published
2026-10-28 (about 2 days ago)
Added
2026-10-28 (about 1 day ago)
Last Updated
2026-10-28 (about 1 day ago)

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