CVE-2024-4355 Missing authorization in Block Bad Bots and Stop Bad Bots Crawlers and Spiders and Anti Spam Protection
Authenticated subscribers can expose visitor data due to missing capability checks in the Block Bad Bots WordPress plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-4355?
CVE-2024-4355 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in sminozzi Block Bad Bots and Stop Bad Bots Crawlers and Spiders and Anti Spam Protection, published on 30 May 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
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 a missing capability check on the stopbadbots_get_ajax_data() function in all versions up to, and including, 10.23. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to expose visitor data.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-4355?
How do I fix CVE-2024-4355?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-4355 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2024-4355 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-4355 in the wild and no public exploit code.