Anti-Spam: Spam Protection | Block Spam Users, Comments, Forms: Cross-site request forgery
Anti-Spam: Spam Protection | Block Spam Users, Comments, Forms is affected by cross-site request forgery. The vulnerable path is reachable without authentication. Exploitation relies on a signed-in privileged user submitting an attacker-controlled request.
- Component
- Anti-Spam: Spam Protection | Block Spam Users, Comments, Forms
- Plugin slug
stop-spammer-registrations-plugin- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Jun 06, 2025
This CVE was published Jun 06, 2025 and is one of 3 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Anti-Spam: Spam Protection | Block Spam Users, Comments, Forms to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
The Anti-Spam: Spam Protection | Block Spam Users, Comments, Forms plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 2024.7. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation in the 'ss_option_maint.php' and 'ss_user_filter_list' files. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete pending comments, and re-enable a previously blocked user via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N