CVE-2021-24517

Stop Spammers Security < 2021.18 - Authenticated Stored XSS

Severity Score

5.4

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The Stop Spammers Security | Block Spam Users, Comments, Forms WordPress plugin before 2021.18 does not escape some of its settings, allowing high privilege users such as admin to set Cross-Site Scripting payloads in them even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed

El plugin Stop Spammers Security | Block Spam Users, Comments, Forms WordPress versiones anteriores a 2021.18, no escapa de algunos de sus ajustes, permitiendo a usuarios con altos privilegios como el administrador establecer ataques de tipo Cross-Site Scripting en ellos incluso cuando la capacidad unfiltered_html está desautorizada

*Credits: swapnil subhash bodekar

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2021-01-14 CVE Reserved
2021-08-09 CVE Published
2024-08-03 CVE Updated
2024-08-03 First Exploit
2024-12-17 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CAPEC

References (1)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f440edd8-94fe-440a-8a5b-e3d24dcfcbc1	2024-08-03

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Trumani Search vendor "Trumani"		Stop Spammers Search vendor "Trumani" for product "Stop Spammers"				< 2021.18 Search vendor "Trumani" for product "Stop Spammers" and version " < 2021.18"		wordpress		Affected