{
    "id": "CVE-2021-24245",
    "published": "2021-05-06 13:15:11",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 03:39:41",
    "cvss_score": "6.1",
    "cvss_severity": "MEDIUM",
    "cvss_version": "3.1",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N",
    "cwe": "CWE-79",
    "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.05721",
    "epss_percentile": "0.92807",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-02 18:17:29",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "trumani",
            "product": "stop_spammers"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "49880",
            "title": "WordPress Plugin Stop Spammers 2021.8 - 'log' Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS)",
            "date": "2021-05-19",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49880"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "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"
    ]
}