CVE-2021-24863

The 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

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

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 stop Bad Bots Billminozzi
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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