Stop Spammers Security | Block Spam Users, Comments, Forms: Cross-site scripting
Stop Spammers Security | Block Spam Users, Comments, Forms is affected by cross-site scripting. Exposure depends on how the affected operation is made reachable by the site. Injected script can execute in the affected site's origin when the vulnerable output is viewed.
- Component
- Stop Spammers Security | Block Spam Users, Comments, Forms
- Plugin slug
stop-spammers- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Sep 06, 2021
This CVE was published Sep 06, 2021 and is one of 5 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Stop Spammers Security | 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 Stop Spammers Security | Block Spam Users, Comments, Forms WordPress plugin before 2021.18 does not escape some of its settings, allowing high privilege users such as admin to set Cross-Site Scripting payloads in them even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed
NVD vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N