CVE-2022-1165

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    CVE-2022-1165

    Published: 4 Apr 2022Last Modified: 10 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: , https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2666486, https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/10d85913-ea8c-4c2e-a32e-fa61cf191710

    Affected packages

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    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
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    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
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    Low
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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