Description
WordPress Plugin Stop Spammers Security-Block Spam Users, Comments, Forms is prone to a cross-site scripting vulnerability because it fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input. An attacker may leverage this issue to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This can allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks. WordPress Plugin Stop Spammers Security-Block Spam Users, Comments, Forms version 2021.17 is vulnerable; prior versions may also be affected.
Remediation
Update to plugin version 2021.18 or latest
References
https://sploitus.com/exploit?id=WPEX-ID:F440EDD8-94FE-440A-8A5B-E3D24DCFCBC1
https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/stop-spammer-registrations-plugin/trunk/readme.txt
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