StopBadBots < 7.24 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Plugin Installation
CVE-2022-3883

6.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Wordpress
Status
Block Bad Bots And Stop Bad Bots Crawlers And Spiders And Anti Spam Protection
Vendor
CVE Published:
12 December 2022

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC

What is CVE-2022-3883?

The Block Bad Bots and Stop Bad Bots Crawlers and Spiders and Anti Spam Protection WordPress plugin before 7.24 does not have proper authorisation and CSRF in an AJAX action, allowing any authenticated users, such as subscriber to call it and install and activate arbitrary plugins from wordpress.org

Affected Version(s)

Block Bad Bots and Stop Bad Bots Crawlers and Spiders and Anti Spam Protection 0 < 7.24

Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)

PoC code is written by security researchers to demonstrate the vulnerability can be exploited. PoC code is also a key component for weaponization which could lead to ransomware.

CVE-2022-3883 - Proof of Concept

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/8695b157-abac-4aa6-a022-...
exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
High
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • 🟡

    Public PoC available

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Lana Codes
.