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TI-2021-06537 Aliases CVE-2021-24245GHSA-7vc8-gc65-8vpf

Stop Spammers < 2021.9 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Priority LOW 36CWE-79Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.05721 93rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed Stop Spammers (Trumani): 2021.9

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
TrumaniStop Spammers2021.9 to before 2021.92021.9Patch availableCNA
  • Stop Spammers VendorTrumani Affected 2021.9 to before 2021.9 Fixed in 2021.9 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:trumani:stop_spammers:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*before 2021.9VulnerableTrumani
  • cpe:2.3:a:trumani:stop_spammers:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 2021.9 Vulnerable ·Trumani

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Stop Spammers (Trumani) Fixed in 2021.9

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-24245
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7vc8-gc65-8vpf

References

Exploit 2

  • TI-2022-03767 Stop Spammers Security < 2022.6 - Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2023-02335 Stop Spammers Security < 2023 - Reflected XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
  • TI-2023-02336 Stop Spammers Security < 2023 - Admin+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.8
  • TI-2021-06804 Stop Spammers Security < 2021.18 - Authenticated Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4

Sources

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