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.
Published:Apr 4, 2022
Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
EPS:Apr 4, 2022
EPSS Score:0.00328
CVSS Score:9.1
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
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Vendor
Plugin-planet
Product
Blackhole For Bad Bots
Plugin-planet
Blackhole For Bad Bots
Exploits
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
No CAPEC recorded yet
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
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User Interaction
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Scope
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Confidentiality
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Integrity
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Availability
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