Description
The Block Bad Bots and Stop Bad Bots Crawlers and Spiders and Anti Spam Protection plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to an insufficient capability check on the 'stopbadbots_check_wordpress_logged_in_cookie' function in all versions up to, and including, 11.58. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to bypass blocklists, rate limits, and other plugin functionality.
Problem types
CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization
Product status
*
Timeline
2025-08-26: | Vendor Notified |
2025-08-27: | Disclosed |
Credits
Jarno Vos
References
www.wordfence.com/...-3cb4-4723-b677-141c604f00cc?source=cve
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...pbadbots/trunk/stopbadbots.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3350927/
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3351023/