CVE-2023-2488 Stop Spammers Security < 2023 - Reflected XSS
Reflected XSS in Stop Spammers Security plugin allows attackers to execute scripts in admin dashboards, potentially compromising high-privilege accounts.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-2488?
CVE-2023-2488 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Stop Spammers Security | Block Spam Users, Comments, Forms, published on 5 Jun 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
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
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-2488?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Trumani Stop Spammers.
How do I fix CVE-2023-2488?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-2488 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2023-2488 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-2488 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Stop Spammers Security | Block Spam Users, Comments, Forms
- CVE-2022-4120 Stop Spammers Security < 2022.6 - Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection
- CVE-2021-24245 Stop Spammers < 2021.9 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- CVE-2021-24517 Stop Spammers Security < 2021.18 - Authenticated Stored XSS
- CVE-2023-2489 Stop Spammers Security < 2023 - Admin+ Stored XSS
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6q48-f9w9-vmgg.