What is CVE-2022-0949?

CVE-2022-0949 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Stopbadbots Block And Stop Bad Bots, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2022-04-11.

How severe is CVE-2022-0949?

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

Is CVE-2022-0949 known to be exploited?

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

SQL Injection in Stopbadbots Block And Stop Bad Bots

CVE-2022-0949

The Block Bad Bots and Stop Bad Bots Crawlers and Spiders and Anti Spam Protection WordPress plugin before 6.930 does not properly sanitise and escape the fingerprint parameter before using it in a SQL statement via the stopbadbots_grava_fingerprint AJAX action, available to unauthenticated users, leading to a SQL injection

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

EPSS: 0.079 (94.1th 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

Stopbadbots Block_and_stop_bad_bots
Unknown Block Bad Bots And Stop Crawlers Spiders Anti Spam Protection — versions 6.930

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-0949?: CVE-2022-0949 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Stopbadbots Block And Stop Bad Bots, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2022-04-11.
How severe is CVE-2022-0949?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-0949 known to be exploited?: 4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.