Known vulnerabilities in Kama SpamBlock

Light and invisible protection against basic automated comment spam. Pings and trackbacks check for real backlinks.

1Reported vulnerabilities

6.1Highest CVSS score

2.0.0Latest version

4,000+Active installs

What to do now

Update Kama SpamBlock to 1.8.3 or later. 1 of these have a fixed version available. Updating resolves them.

Plugin last updated: July 25, 2026 / Tested up to WordPress: 7.0.4 / View on wordpress.org

Reported vulnerabilities

Ordered by how urgently they need attention — whether a vulnerability is actually being exploited, and how likely exploitation is, rather than CVSS severity alone.

CVE	Severity	Exploit probability next 30 days	Affected versions	Fixed in	Published
CVE-2024-9647	Medium 6.1	0.4%	0 to 1.8.2 (inclusive)	`1.8.3`	October 16, 2024

Sources: vulnerability records from NVD, exploitation from CISA KEV, exploit probability from EPSS. Affected versions come from CPE ranges or from the reporting CNA.