CVE-2021-24245 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2021-05-05

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: 5.7% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Trumani

Stop Spammers

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`2021.9`	affected	< 2021.9

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:trumani:stop_spammers:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.05721.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162623/WordPress-Stop-Spammers-2021.8-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5e7accd6-08dc-4c6e-9d19-73e2d7e97735

History

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Subscriptions

Trumani Stop Spammers

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2021-05-05T18:39:42.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-03T19:21:18.707Z

Reserved: 2021-01-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-24245

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-05-06T13:15:11.530

Modified: 2026-06-17T03:39:41.850

Link: CVE-2021-24245

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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