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GHSA-CQMC-2W22-Q469

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-04-05 00:00 – Updated: 2022-04-13 00:00

Details

The Blackhole for Bad Bots WordPress plugin before 3.3.2 uses headers such as CF-CONNECTING-IP, CLIENT-IP etc to determine the IP address of requests hitting the blackhole URL, which allows them to be spoofed. This could result in blocking arbitrary IP addresses, such as legitimate/good search engine crawlers / bots. This could also be abused by competitors to cause damage related to visibility in search engines, can be used to bypass arbitrary blocks caused by this plugin, block any visitor or even the administrator and even more.

Severity

9.1 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2022-1165 (GCVE-0-2022-1165)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-04-04 15:36 – Updated: 2024-08-02 23:55

Title

Blackhole for Bad Bots < 3.3.2 - Arbitrary IP Address Blocking via IP Spoofing

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

CWE-639 - Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

Assigner

WPScan mitre root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/10d85913-ea8c-4c…	x_refsource_MISC
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2666486	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Unknown	Blackhole for Bad Bots	Affected: 3.3.2 , < 3.3.2 (custom)

Credits

Daniel Ruf

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GHSA-CQMC-2W22-Q469

CVE-2022-1165 (GCVE-0-2022-1165)

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