Vulnerability in Trumani Stop Spammers
CVE-2023-2488
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
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (42.3th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 42nd percentile — 42.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Trumani Stop Spammers
- Stop Spammers Security | Block Spam Users, Comments, Forms — versions 0
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- wpscan.com/vulnerability/60226669-0b7b-441f-93d4-b5933e69478f (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2023-2488?
- CVE-2023-2488 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Trumani Stop Spammers, classified under CWE-79 CROSS-SITE SCRIPTING (XSS). CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2023-06-05.
- How severe is CVE-2023-2488?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2023-2488 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.