CVE-2022-1165

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Published at: - 04-04-2022 06:15

Last modified: - 12-04-2022 11:14

Total changes: - 2

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.

Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS)

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Low

Attack complexity

Network

Attack vector

High

Availability

None

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Privileges required

Unchanged

Scope

None

User interaction

9.1

Base score

3.9

5.2

Exploitability score

Impact score

Verification logic

vendor=plugin-planet AND product=blackhole_for_bad_bots AND target_software=wordpress AND versionEndExcluding=3.3.2

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CVE-2022-1165

Common vulnerabilities & exposures (CVE)

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CVE-2022-1165

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