CVE-2025-9376 Missing authorization in Block Bad Bots and Stop Bad Bots Crawlers and Spiders and Anti Spam Protection
Unauthenticated attackers can bypass blocklists and rate limits due to insufficient capability checks in the Block Bad Bots WordPress plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-9376?
CVE-2025-9376 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 28 Aug 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, 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 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.
Weakness: CWE-863
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-9376?
How do I fix CVE-2025-9376?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-9376 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-2025-9376 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-9376 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xhmm-6xr8-jx92.