CVE-2022-3883

StopBadBots < 7.24 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Plugin Installation

Published Dec 12, 2022 CVSS 3.1 · 6.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
The Block Bad Bots and Stop Bad Bots Crawlers and Spiders and Anti Spam Protection WordPress plugin before 7.24 does not have proper authorisation and CSRF in an AJAX action, allowing any authenticated users, such as subscriber to call it and install and activate arbitrary plugins from wordpress.org

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-43219 The Block Bad Bots and Stop Bad Bots Crawlers and Spiders and Anti Spam Protection WordPress plugin before 7.24 does not have proper authorisation and CSRF in an AJAX action, allowing any authenticated users, such as subscriber to call it and install and activate arbitrary plugins from wordpress.org
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
WPScan
Published
Updated
Apr 22, 2025, 3:12 PM
Reserved
Nov 7, 2022, 4:30 PM
Status
Modified
Published
Dec 12, 2022, 6:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 5:00 AM