PT-2024-30599 · WordPress · Block Bad Bots/Stop Bad Bots Crawlers/Spiders/Anti Spam Protection

Krzysztof Zając · Published 2024-05-30 · Updated 2024-05-30 · CVE-2024-4355

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/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 plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 10.24

Description The issue is related to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the stopbadbots get ajax data() function. This allows authenticated attackers with subscriber-level access and above to expose visitor data.

Recommendations For versions up to, and including, 10.24, consider disabling the stopbadbots get ajax data() function until a patch is available to prevent unauthorized access. Restrict access to sensitive data to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Missing Authorization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-862

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-4355

Affected Products

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

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-4355 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/81497 · Telegram Post
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/stopbadbots · Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c77d94ae-528d-4525-b16d-96529bee08c0?source=cve · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3094528 · Note