Vulnerability · Published Aug 28, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2025-9376Block Bad Bots and Stop Bad Bots Crawlers and Spiders and Anti Spam Protection <= 11.58 - Insufficient Authorization to Unauthenticated Blocklist Bypass
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity incorrect authorization in Block Bad Bots and Stop Bad Bots Crawlers and Spiders and Anti Spam Protection from sminozzi. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 31% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Block Bad Bots and Stop Bad Bots Crawlers and Spiders and Anti Spam Protection plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to an insufficient capability check on the 'stopbadbots_check_wordpress_logged_in_cookie' function in all versions up to, and including, 11.58. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to bypass blocklists, rate limits, and other plugin functionality.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| sminozzi | Block Bad Bots and Stop Bad Bots Crawlers and Spiders and Anti Spam Protection | 0 – through 11.58 |
Weakness: CWE-863 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L