PT-2023-19832 · WordPress · Stop Spammers Security

Erwan Lr · CVE-2023-2489 · Published 2023-06-05 · Updated 2025-01-08

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions The Stop Spammers Security | Block Spam Users, Comments, Forms WordPress plugin versions prior to 2023

Description The issue allows high privilege users, such as admins, to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks, even when the unfiltered html capability is disallowed, for example, in a multisite setup. This is due to the plugin not sanitizing and escaping some of its settings.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2023, update to a version released in 2023 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the plugin's settings for high privilege users to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-2489

Affected Products

Stop Spammers Security

References · 4

• 🔥 https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/dcbe3334-357a-4744-b50c-309d10cca30d · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-2489 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2489 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/52103 · Telegram Post