Vulnerability · Published Jun 5, 2023 · Assigned by WPScan
CVE-2023-2488Stop Spammers Security < 2023 - Reflected XSS
Medium 6.1
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in Stop Spammers Security | Block Spam Users, Comments, Forms from Unknown. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 45% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.1Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 55.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
The Stop Spammers Security | Block Spam Users, Comments, Forms WordPress plugin before 2023 does not sanitise and escape various parameters before outputting them back in admin dashboard pages, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Stop Spammers Security | Block Spam Users, Comments, Forms | 0 – before 2023 |
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/60226669-0b7b-441f-93d4-b5933e69478f exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description