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CVE-2021-24245

MEDIUMEPSS 92th pctl
6.1
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

The Stop Spammers WordPress plugin before 2021.9 did not escape user input when blocking requests (such as matching a spam word), outputting it in an attribute after sanitising it to remove HTML tags, which is not sufficient and lead to a reflected Cross-Site Scripting issue.

How to fix

Remediation Available
stop spammersNVD
Affected:< 2021.9Fixed in:2021.9CVE-2021-24245derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionRequired
ScopeChanged

Impact

ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

5.72%probability of exploitation in 30 days
92ndpercentile

High risk: more likely to be exploited than 92% of all known CVEs.

References

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