CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2022-1165

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.

6.4 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 10 / Impact : 4.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

Scope

9.1 /10

CVSS v3.0 : CRITICAL

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.2

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2666486 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/10d85913-ea8c-4c2e-a32e-fa61cf191710 Exploit Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:plugin-planet:blackhole_for_bad_bots:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Information

Published : 2022-04-04 04:15

Updated : 2022-04-12 09:14

NVD link : CVE-2022-1165

Mitre link : CVE-2022-1165

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-639