Description
The Kama SpamBlock plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via $_POST values in all versions up to, and including, 1.8.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Published: 2024-10-16
Score: 6.1 Medium
EPSS: 1.8% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-50072 The Kama SpamBlock plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via $_POST values in all versions up to, and including, 1.8.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
History

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00382}

epss

{'score': 0.00426}


Wed, 16 Oct 2024 17:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 16 Oct 2024 02:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The Kama SpamBlock plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via $_POST values in all versions up to, and including, 1.8.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Title Kama SpamBlock <= 1.8.2 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-08T17:03:18.211Z

Reserved: 2024-10-08T18:17:05.602Z

Link: CVE-2024-9647

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-10-16T16:20:25.263Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2024-10-16T02:15:07.700

Modified: 2026-04-15T00:35:42.020

Link: CVE-2024-9647

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No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-07-12T15:42:38Z

Weaknesses