CVE-2021-24863

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

T

he WP Block and Stop Bad Bots Crawlers and Spiders and Anti Spam Protection Plugin StopBadBots WordPress plugin before 6.67 does not sanitise and escape the User Agent before using it in a SQL statement to save it, leading to a SQL injection

References

Link	Resource
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1e4dd002-6c96-44f9-bd55-61359265f7ae	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1e4dd002-6c96-44f9-bd55-61359265f7ae	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:billminozzi:stop_bad_bots:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

16 Jan 2026, 19:23

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time		Billminozzi Billminozzi stop Bad Bots
CPE	cpe:2.3:a:stopbadbots:block_and_stop_bad_bots::::::wordpress::*	cpe:2.3:a:billminozzi:stop_bad_bots::::::wordpress::*

21 Nov 2024, 05:53

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1e4dd002-6c96-44f9-bd55-61359265f7ae - Exploit, Third Party Advisory~~	() https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1e4dd002-6c96-44f9-bd55-61359265f7ae - Exploit, Third Party Advisory

Information

Published : 2021-12-13 11:15

Updated : 2026-01-16 19:23

NVD link : CVE-2021-24863

Mitre link : CVE-2021-24863

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-24863

JSON object : View

Products Affected

billminozzi

stop_bad_bots

CWE

CWE-89

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

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