PT-2021-16230 · WordPress · Stopbadbots

Martin Vierula · Published 2021-09-13 · Updated 2021-09-23 · CVE-2021-24727

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions StopBadBots WordPress plugin versions prior to 6.60

Description The issue is related to the failure of the StopBadBots WordPress plugin to validate or escape the order and orderby GET parameters in some of its admin dashboard pages. This leads to authenticated SQL injections.

Recommendations For versions prior to 6.60, update to version 6.60 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the admin dashboard pages that use the order and orderby GET parameters until the update is applied.

Exploit

Fix

SQL injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-89

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-24727

Affected Products

Stopbadbots

References · 7

• 🔥 https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/ffa1f718-f2c5-48ef-8eea-33a18a628a2c · Exploit
• 🔥 https://trustwave.com/en-us/resources/security-resources/security-advisories/?fid=29174 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24727 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-24727 · Vendor Advisory
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2576276 · Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/28746 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/20789 · Telegram Post