CVE-2021-24245
Estado: ModificadaMedia (6.1)—💥 Exploit
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.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Puntuación base: 6.1
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 5.72%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 93
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
💥 Exploits públicos
Hay código de explotación o plantillas de detección públicos. No es lo mismo que explotación activa confirmada (KEV), pero aumenta el riesgo: parchee con prioridad.
- Publicado en Exploit-DB · WordPress Plugin Stop Spammers 2021.8 - 'log' Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) (19/5/2021)
- Plantilla de Nuclei (detección automática y masiva) · WordPress Stop Spammers <2021.9 - Cross-Site Scripting
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-79
Referencias
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162623/WordPress-Stop-Spammers-2021.8-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5e7accd6-08dc-4c6e-9d19-73e2d7e97735
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/162623/WordPress-Stop-Spammers-2021.8-Cross-Site-Scripting.html
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5e7accd6-08dc-4c6e-9d19-73e2d7e97735
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