{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-32496 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2023-32496 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2023-32496 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Bill Minozzi Block Bad Bots and Stop Bad Bots Crawlers and Spiders and Anti Spam Protection, published on 23 Aug 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2023-32496 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2023-32496 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Bill Minozzi Block Bad Bots and Stop Bad Bots Crawlers and Spiders and Anti Spam Protection, published on 23 Aug 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-32496 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Bill Minozzi Block Bad Bots and Stop Bad Bots Crawlers and Spiders and Anti Spam Protection. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-32496/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-32496/index.md)","id":"CVE-2023-32496","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-32496/index.md","name":"CVE-2023-32496","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-gwg2-8c92-5859"],"analysis":{"component_type":"cms_plugin","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["code_execution","account_takeover"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"WordPress plugin","requires_auth":"high_privilege","summary":"Administrators can inject malicious scripts via stored XSS in the Stop Bad Bots plugin, potentially compromising user sessions and site integrity.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"xss"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Patchstack","cpe":[{"product":"block_bad_bots_and_stop_bad_bots_crawlers_and_spiders_and_anti_spam_protection","vendor":"stopbadbots"}],"cvss":{"score":5.9,"severity":"medium","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-79","name":"Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation"}],"description":"Auth. (admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Bill Minozzi Block Bad Bots and Stop Bad Bots Crawlers and Spiders and Anti Spam Protection plugin \u003c= 7.31 versions.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"WordPress StopBadBots Plugin \u003c= 7.31 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)","id":"CVE-2023-32496","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"xss","year":"2023"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"WordPress Block Referer Spam Plugin \u003c= 1.1.9.4 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)","id":"CVE-2023-32497"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Information disclosure in PowerScale OneFS","id":"CVE-2023-32495"},"products":["Block Bad Bots and Stop Bad Bots Crawlers and Spiders and Anti Spam Protection"],"published":"2023-08-23","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-04-28","vendors":["Bill Minozzi"]},"summary":"Administrators can inject malicious scripts via stored XSS in the Stop Bad Bots plugin, potentially compromising user sessions and site integrity.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-32496/"}