Bill Minozzi Stop and Block Bots Plugin up to 1.48 on WordPress ACL authorization

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A vulnerability was found in Bill Minozzi Stop and Block Bots Plugin up to 1.48 on WordPress. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the component ACL. The manipulation leads to authorization. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2025-48166. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in Bill Minozzi Stop and Block Bots Plugin up to 1.48 on WordPress. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component ACL. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-862. The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Bill Minozzi Stop and Block bots plugin Anti bots allows Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs. This issue affects Stop and Block bots plugin Anti bots: from n/a through 1.48.

The weakness was released by Martino Spagnuolo. The advisory is shared at patchstack.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-48166 since 05/15/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/16/2025).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Type

• WordPress Plugin

Vendor

• Bill Minozzi

Name

• Stop and Block Bots Plugin

Version

• 1.0
• 1.1
• 1.2
• 1.3
• 1.4
• 1.5
• 1.6
• 1.7
• 1.8
• 1.9
• 1.10
• 1.11
• 1.12
• 1.13
• 1.14
• 1.15
• 1.16
• 1.17
• 1.18
• 1.19
• 1.20
• 1.21
• 1.22
• 1.23
• 1.24
• 1.25
• 1.26
• 1.27
• 1.28
• 1.29
• 1.30
• 1.31
• 1.32
• 1.33
• 1.34
• 1.35
• 1.36
• 1.37
• 1.38
• 1.39
• 1.40
• 1.41
• 1.42
• 1.43
• 1.44
• 1.45
• 1.46
• 1.47
• 1.48

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