WP Block and Stop Bad Bots Crawlers and Spiders and Anti Spam Protection Plugin StopBadBots < 6.60 - Authenticated SQL Injection

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

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE	CVE-2021-24727
CVSS	High (8.8)
Publicly Published	August 6, 2021
Last Updated	January 22, 2024
Researcher	Martin Vierula

Description

The StopBadBots WordPress plugin before 6.60 did not validate or escape the order and orderby GET parameter in some of its admin dashboard pages, leading to Authenticated SQL Injections.

References

www.wordfence.com

1 affected software package

Software Type	Plugin
Software Slug	stopbadbots (view on wordpress.org)
Patched?	Yes
Affected Version	<= 6.60
Patched Version	6.60

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