CVE-2022-1165 | BDVDB-2026-173173 Detail

Blackhole for Bad Bots

Description#

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.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

CWE-639 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

References#

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/10d85913-ea8c-4c2e-a32e-fa61cf191710
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2666486

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12022-04-04Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-02Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.