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CVE-2023-2488: The Stop Spammers Security | Block Spam Users, Comments, Forms WordPress plugin before 2023 does not sanitise and escape various parameters before outputting them back in admin dashboard pages, leadin

medium Affects stop-spammers (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published ; advisory modified .

The Stop Spammers Security | Block Spam Users, Comments, Forms WordPress plugin before 2023 does not sanitise and escape various parameters before outputting them back in admin dashboard pages, leadin

Package
stop-spammers (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<2023
Fixed in
2023
Severity
medium  CVSS 6.1
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 1% (44.2th percentile)
Published
2023-06-05
Source
nvd

References

NVD recordstop-spammers (WordPress plugin) advisories

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