CVE-2023-2488 json
Stop Spammers Security < 2023 - Reflected XSS
published 2023-06-05 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-33972
- cvss
- 6.1
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.5%
- EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 44%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
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
Patch / fix
- Unknown Stop Spammers Security | Block Spam Users, Comments, Forms 2023
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- Proof of concept is public
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 22 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 44% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Exploits and checks
- wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/60226669-0b7b-441f-93d4-b5933e69478f referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA ADP | 3.1 | 6.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| NVD | 3.1 | 6.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| CNA | 3.1 | 6.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
Affected products
- Unknown Stop Spammers Security | Block Spam Users, Comments, Forms
Classification
- Technology feeds
References
-
wpscan.com
/vulnerability/60226669-0b7b-441f-93d4-b5933e69478f
exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description, third-party-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2023-2488
- NVD CVE-2023-2488
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