Vulnerability · Published May 5, 2021 · Assigned by WPScan
CVE-2021-24245Stop Spammers < 2021.9 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Medium 6.1
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in Stop Spammers from Trumani. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 5.7% (higher than 93% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Nuclei.
Severity (CVSS NVD)6.1Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)5.7%top 6.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack tooling1Nuclei
Official description
The Stop Spammers WordPress plugin before 2021.9 did not escape user input when blocking requests (such as matching a spam word), outputting it in an attribute after sanitising it to remove HTML tags, which is not sufficient and lead to a reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Trumani | Stop Spammers | 2021.9 – before 2021.9 |
Weakness: CWE-79