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TI-2023-02335 Aliases CVE-2023-2488GHSA-6q48-f9w9-vmgg

Stop Spammers Security < 2023 - Reflected XSS

Priority MEDIUM 60Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

The Stop Spammers Security | Block Spam Users, Comments, Forms WordPress plugin before 2023 does not sanitise and escape various parameters before outputting them back in admin dashboard pages, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00522 44th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA and NVD
Fix Fixed Stop Spammers Security | Block Spam Users, Comments, Forms (Unknown): 2023

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
UnknownStop Spammers Security | Block Spam Users, Comments, Formsbefore 20232023Patch availableCNA
  • Stop Spammers Security | Block Spam Users, Comments, Forms VendorUnknown Affected before 2023 Fixed in 2023 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:trumani:stop_spammers:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*before 2023VulnerableTrumani
  • cpe:2.3:a:trumani:stop_spammers:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 2023 Vulnerable ·Trumani

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Stop Spammers Security | Block Spam Users, Comments, Forms (Unknown) Fixed in 2023

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Release ·

    Stop Spammers Security | Block Spam Users, Comments, Forms 2023

    2 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 2 MEDIUM

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2023-02336 Stop Spammers Security < 2023 - Admin+ Stored XSSPriority MEDIUM 55
    Show all 2 records →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-2488
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6q48-f9w9-vmgg

References

Exploit 1

  • TI-2022-03767 Stop Spammers Security < 2022.6 - Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2023-02336 Stop Spammers Security < 2023 - Admin+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.8
  • TI-2021-06537 Stop Spammers < 2021.9 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
  • TI-2021-06804 Stop Spammers Security < 2021.18 - Authenticated Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4

Sources

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