What is CVE-2021-24863?

CVE-2021-24863 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Billminozzi Stop Bad Bots, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2021-12-13.

How severe is CVE-2021-24863?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2021-24863 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

SQL Injection in Billminozzi Stop Bad Bots

CVE-2021-24863

The WP Block and Stop Bad Bots Crawlers and Spiders and Anti Spam Protection Plugin StopBadBots WordPress plugin before 6.67 does not sanitise and escape the User Agent before using it in a SQL statement to save it, leading to a SQL injection

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

EPSS: 0.016 (72.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Billminozzi Stop_bad_bots
Unknown Wp Block And Stop Bad Bots Crawlers Spiders Anti Spam Protection Plugin Stopbadbots — versions 6.67

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

contact@wpscan.com (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-24863?: CVE-2021-24863 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Billminozzi Stop Bad Bots, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2021-12-13.
How severe is CVE-2021-24863?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2021-24863 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.