Unauthenticated spam submission via exposed access token
Published Aug 29, 2022 · Updated Aug 3, 2024
Protection bypass in Stop Spam Comments 0.2.1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to submit spam comments with a scraped access token. The p_ssc_process function generates and stores the JavaScript spam-comment key in the rendered page, where it can be collected and replayed. No authentication or user interaction is required; a public post with comments enabled exposes the key, and the impact is limited to bypassing spam protection and adding comments.
Summary
What happened
Protection bypass in Stop Spam Comments 0.2.1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to submit spam comments with a scraped access token. The p_ssc_process function generates and stores the JavaScript spam-comment key in the rendered page, where it can be collected and replayed. No authentication or user interaction is required; a public post with comments enabled exposes the key, and the impact is limited to bypassing spam protection and adding comments.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-1663
- Published
- Aug 29, 2022
- Updated
- Aug 3, 2024
- Vendor
- pinoceniccola
- Product
- Stop Spam Comments
- Classifications
- CWE-200
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Aug 29, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 3, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0.2.1.2 <=0.2.1.2
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- WPScan ssc_key replay proof of conceptfunctional · validated
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