WP Block and Stop Bad Bots <= 6.88 - SQL Injection

9.8
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
CVE CVE-2021-25070
CVSS 9.8 (Critical)
Publicly Published March 8, 2022
Last Updated November 30, 2022
Researcher Krzysztof Zając - CERT PL

Description

The Block Bad Bots WordPress plugin before 6.88 does not properly sanitise and escape the User Agent before using it in a SQL statement to record logs, leading to an SQL Injection issue

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Vulnerability Details for Block Bad Bots and Stop Bad Bots Crawlers and Spiders and Anti Spam Protection

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug stopbadbots (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 6.90, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • < 6.88
Patched Version
  • 6.90

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