The Stop Spammers Security | Block Spam Users, Comments, Forms WordPress plugin before 2023 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 4.8
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop Spammer Registrations Plugin Plugin | — | Update stop-spammer-registrations-plugin plugin to version 2023, or a newer patched version | May 15, 2025 | May 15, 2023 |
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