# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 5 Jun 2023
- **Updated:** 8 Jan 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-6q48-f9w9-vmgg

## 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: 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.

## 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](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4120/): Stop Spammers Security < 2022.6 - Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-24245](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24245/): Stop Spammers < 2021.9 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2021-24517](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24517/): Stop Spammers Security < 2021.18 - Authenticated Stored XSS (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2023-2489](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2489/): Stop Spammers Security < 2023 - Admin+ Stored XSS (medium 4.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-2488 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-2488 exists.

Affected product: Unknown Stop Spammers Security | Block Spam Users, Comments, Forms. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2488/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2488/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-2488
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2488
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-2488

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2488/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.