PT-2025-34988 · WordPress · Stopbadbots+1

Jarno Vos · Published 2025-08-28 · Updated 2025-08-28 · CVE-2025-9376

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Block Bad Bots and Stop Bad Bots Crawlers and Spiders and Anti Spam Protection plugin for WordPress versions through 11.58

Description: The plugin is susceptible to unauthorized data access due to an inadequate capability check within the stopbadbots check wordpress logged in cookie function. This allows unauthenticated attackers to circumvent security measures such as blocklists and rate limits.

Recommendations: Update the plugin to a version beyond 11.58.

Fix

Incorrect Authorization

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-863

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-9376

Affected Products

Block Bad Bots

Stopbadbots

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-9376 · Security Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8d6b0d86-3cb4-4723-b677-141c604f00cc?source=cve · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/stopbadbots/trunk/stopbadbots.php#L1958 · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3350927 · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3351023 · Note
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1961049617816023453 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1961030558747705721 · Twitter Post