5.4
MEDIUM
CVE-2021-24517
The Stop Spammers Security WordPress plugin Remote Code Execution Across-Form Data Injection
Description

The Stop Spammers Security | Block Spam Users, Comments, Forms WordPress plugin before 2021.18 does not escape some of its settings, allowing high privilege users such as admin to set Cross-Site Scripting payloads in them even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed

INFO

Published Date :

Sept. 6, 2021, 11:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 5:53 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.7

Exploitability Score :

2.3
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2021-24517 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Trumani stop_spammers
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2021-24517.

URL Resource
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f440edd8-94fe-440a-8a5b-e3d24dcfcbc1 Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f440edd8-94fe-440a-8a5b-e3d24dcfcbc1 Exploit Third Party Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2021-24517 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2021-24517 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f440edd8-94fe-440a-8a5b-e3d24dcfcbc1
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 09, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f440edd8-94fe-440a-8a5b-e3d24dcfcbc1 No Types Assigned https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f440edd8-94fe-440a-8a5b-e3d24dcfcbc1 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:trumani:stop_spammers:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* versions up to (excluding) 2021.18
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2021-24517 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.05 }} -0.00%

score

0.24432

percentile

CVSS31 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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