CVE-2023-2488: Stop Spammers Security < 2023 - Reflected XSS

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2023-06-05 · updated 2026-06-17

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

Affected products

Stop Spammers Security | Block Spam Users, Comments, Forms: before 2023 — fixed in 2023

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Stop Spammers Security | Block Spam Users, Comments, Forms 2023. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/60226669-0b7b-441f-93d4-b5933e69478f
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/60226669-0b7b-441f-93d4-b5933e69478f

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