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TI-2023-02336 Aliases CVE-2023-2489GHSA-2qcq-xj62-pmcv

Stop Spammers Security < 2023 - Admin+ Stored XSS

Priority MEDIUM 55Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
High
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 some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00442 38th 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-2023-02335 Stop Spammers Security < 2023 - Reflected XSSPriority MEDIUM 60
    Show all 2 records →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-2489
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2qcq-xj62-pmcv

References

Exploit 1

  • 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-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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