vulnerability
WordPress Plugin: stopbadbots: CVE-2021-24863: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Nov 15, 2021 | May 15, 2025 | May 4, 2026 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Nov 15, 2021
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
May 4, 2026
Description
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
Solution
stopbadbots-plugin-cve-2021-24863
References
Rapid7 Labs
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