CVE-2025-9376
Block Bad Bots and Stop Bad Bots Crawlers and Spiders and Anti Spam Protection <= 11.58 - Insufficient Authorization to Unauthenticated Blocklist Bypass
CVSS Score
6.5
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
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.
| CWE | CWE-863 |
| Vendor | sminozzi |
| Product | block bad bots and stop bad bots crawlers and spiders and anti spam protection |
| Published | Aug 28, 2025 |
| Last Updated | Apr 8, 2026 |
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CVSS v3 Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
Affected Versions
sminozzi / Block Bad Bots and Stop Bad Bots Crawlers and Spiders and Anti Spam Protection
0 ≤ 11.58
References
wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8d6b0d86-3cb4-4723-b677-141c604f00cc?source=cve plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/stopbadbots/trunk/stopbadbots.php#L1958 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3350927/ plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3351023/
Credits
Jarno Vos