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Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection Vulnerability History & Security Timeline

The Wordfence Intelligence dataset currently contains 2 vulnerability records associated with Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection, published between 2007 and 2015.

Dataset last synchronized: 2026-08-03 00:31:25 UTC

At a glance

Security Snapshot

2Total records
0Critical
0High
2Medium
0Low
0Informational
2Patched records
0Currently marked unpatched
2007-05-14First disclosure
2015-10-13Latest disclosure
2 of 2CVE coverage

Year-by-Year Timeline

YearRecordsRelative volume
200711 records
201511 records

Severity Breakdown

SeverityRecordsShare
Medium2100%

Vulnerability-Type Breakdown

Cross-Site Scripting

2 records100%

First: 2007. Latest: 2015.

Patch Status

Patched
2
Currently marked unpatched
0
Unknown status
0

Patch status reflects the latest successfully synchronized source dataset and must be checked against the installed version.

Latest Known Patched Versions

  • 3.1.5
  • 2.0.2

Affected-Version History

Ranges are deduplicated by source range record and shown with the associated disclosure and known patched versions.

Affected rangeVulnerabilityPublishedPatched versionSeverity
[*, 3.1.5)Akismet <= 3.1.4 - Cross-Site ScriptingOctober 13, 20153.1.5Medium
*-2.0.1Akismet Spam Protection < 2.0.2 - Cross-Site ScriptingMay 14, 20072.0.2Medium

Selected source records

Latest Records

MediumCVE-2015-9357

Akismet <= 3.1.4 - Cross-Site Scripting

Published: October 13, 2015

Affected versions
[*, 3.1.5)
Patched versions
3.1.5
Original Wordfence record
MediumCVE-2007-2714

Akismet Spam Protection < 2.0.2 - Cross-Site Scripting

Published: May 14, 2007

Affected versions
*-2.0.1
Patched versions
2.0.2
Original Wordfence record

Highest-Severity Records

MediumCVE-2015-9357

Akismet <= 3.1.4 - Cross-Site Scripting

Published: October 13, 2015

Affected versions
[*, 3.1.5)
Patched versions
3.1.5
Original Wordfence record
MediumCVE-2007-2714

Akismet Spam Protection < 2.0.2 - Cross-Site Scripting

Published: May 14, 2007

Affected versions
*-2.0.1
Patched versions
2.0.2
Original Wordfence record

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