vulnerability
WordPress Plugin: antibots: CVE-2025-48166: Missing Authorization
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) | Jul 16, 2025 | Jul 22, 2025 | May 4, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Jul 16, 2025
Added
Jul 22, 2025
Modified
May 4, 2026
Description
The Stop and Block bots plugin Anti bots plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on a function in all versions up to, and including, 1.48. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to perform an unauthorized action.
Solution
antibots-plugin-cve-2025-48166
References
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-48166
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e846e864-4560-4209-8865-51f4747c36c7?source=api-prod
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2025-21651
- CVE-2025-48166
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2025-48166
- CWE-862
- EUVD-EUVD-2025-21651
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