CVE-2022-1165

Blackhole for Bad Bots < 3.3.2 - Arbitrary IP Address Blocking via IP Spoofing

Published Apr 4, 2022 CVSS 3.1 · 9.1 Critical EPSS 1.7% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-24507 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.
History

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Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
WPScan
Published
Updated
Aug 2, 2024, 11:55 PM
Reserved
Mar 30, 2022, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Apr 4, 2022, 4:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 4:21 AM