PT-2022-24588 · WordPress · Block Bad Bots/Stop Bad Bots Crawlers/Spiders/Anti Spam Protection

Lana Codes · Published 2022-12-12 · Updated 2022-12-14 · CVE-2022-3883

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions The Block Bad Bots and Stop Bad Bots Crawlers and Spiders and Anti Spam Protection WordPress plugin versions prior to 7.24

Description The issue is related to a lack of proper authorization and CSRF protection in an AJAX action. This allows any authenticated user, such as a subscriber, to install and activate arbitrary plugins from wordpress.org.

Recommendations For versions prior to 7.24, update to version 7.24 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the AJAX action or disabling the ability to install and activate plugins from wordpress.org for non-administrative users.

Exploit

Fix

Incorrect Authorization

CSRF

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-863

CWE-352

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-3883

Affected Products

Block Bad Bots/Stop Bad Bots Crawlers/Spiders/Anti Spam Protection

References · 5

• 🔥 https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/8695b157-abac-4aa6-a022-e3ae41c03544 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3883 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-3883 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/39902 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/54341 · Telegram Post