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Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection

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The best anti-spam protection to block spam comments and spam in a contact form. The most trusted antispam solution for WordPress and WooCommerce.

Plugin slug: akismet · Description source: WordPress.org

Latest vulnerability

CVE-2015-9357: Akismet: Cross-site scripting

Akismet is affected by cross-site scripting. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. Injected script can execute in the affected site's origin when the vulnerable output is viewed. The public source does not disclose the vulnerable endpoint, action, parameter or function, so the precise input path remains unknown.

PublishedAug 28, 2019

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Published vulnerabilities for akismet
		Safe version
Aug 28, 2019	CVE-2015-9357 Akismet: Cross-site scripting Akismet is affected by cross-site scripting. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. Injected script can execute in the affected site's origin when the vulnerable output is viewed. The public source does not disclose the vulnerable endpoint, action, parameter or function, so the precise input path remains unknown.	See mitigation notes	CVEPending NVD6.1
May 16, 2007	CVE-2007-2714 Akismet: A security weakness Akismet is affected by a security weakness. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation. The public source does not disclose the vulnerable endpoint, action, parameter or function, so the precise input path remains unknown.	See mitigation notes	CVEPending NVD10.0

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