Vulnerability · Published Jun 5, 2023 · Assigned by WPScan
CVE-2023-2489Stop Spammers Security < 2023 - Admin+ Stored XSS
Medium 4.8
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 0.4% (higher than 39% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.8Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 61.4% 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 some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Stop Spammers Security | Block Spam Users, Comments, Forms | 0 – before 2023 |
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/dcbe3334-357a-4744-b50c-309d10cca30d exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description