Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection

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Latest v5.7.2 Last release Aug 19, 2026 Tested up to WP 7.1.1 5,000,000+ active installs

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Severity	Vulnerability	Affected	Fixed in	CVE	Published
MEDIUM CVSS 6.1	Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection [akismet] < 3.1.5 WPVulnerability	< 3.1.5	v3.1.5	CVE-2015-9357	Oct 13, 2015
NONE CVSS 0.0	Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection [akismet] < 2.0.2 WPVulnerability	< 2.0.2	v2.0.2	CVE-2007-2714	May 14, 2007
UNKNOWN	Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection [akismet] < 3.1.5 WPVulnerability	< 3.1.5	v3.1.5	—	Oct 13, 2015
UNKNOWN	Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection [akismet] < 1.1 WPVulnerability	< 1.1	v1.1	—	Oct 1, 2012

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