XSS in Trumani Stop Spammers
CVE-2021-24517
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
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.006 (48.1th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 48th percentile — 48.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Trumani Stop Spammers
- Stop Spammers Security | Block Spam Users, Comments, Forms — versions 2021.18
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- wpscan.com/vulnerability/f440edd8-94fe-440a-8a5b-e3d24dcfcbc1 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2021-24517?
- CVE-2021-24517 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Trumani Stop Spammers, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2021-09-06.
- How severe is CVE-2021-24517?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2021-24517 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.