CVE-2022-1165

Blackhole for Bad Bots <= 3.3.1 - Arbitrary IP Address Blocking via IP Spoofing

criticalAuthorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
9.1
CVSS Score
9.1
CVSS Score
critical
Severity
3.3.2
Patched in
722d
Time to patch

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<3.3.2
PublishedJanuary 31, 2022
Last updatedJanuary 22, 2024
Affected pluginblackhole-bad-bots

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