CVE-2021-24245
Stop Spammers < 2021.9 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Published
- Last modified
- Where the record stands: published, rejected by its publisher, or superseded by another id.What do these mean? →
- published
- Whether CISA lists it in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: proof that attackers are using it.What do these mean? →
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Fix
- Fixed in 2021.9
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- 1 on Exploit-DB, 1 Nuclei template
Summary
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.
Timeline
- CVE published
- Public exploit on Exploit-DB
EDB-49880
- Record last updated
Affected versions
- Trumani Stop Spammers
From 2021.9 · fixed in 2021.9