Block Bad Bots and Stop Bad Bots Crawlers and Spiders and Anti Spam Protection Plugin stopbadbots_check_wordpress_logged_in_cookie improper authorization

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A vulnerability was found in Block Bad Bots and Stop Bad Bots Crawlers and Spiders and Anti Spam Protection Plugin up to 11.58 on WordPress. It has been rated as critical. This impacts the function stopbadbots_check_wordpress_logged_in_cookie. The manipulation leads to improper authorization. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2025-9376. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Block Bad Bots and Stop Bad Bots Crawlers and Spiders and Anti Spam Protection Plugin up to 11.58 on WordPress. This issue affects the function stopbadbots_check_wordpress_logged_in_cookie. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authorization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-285. The product does not perform or incorrectly performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

It is possible to read the advisory at wordfence.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-9376. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/28/2025). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1548.002 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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

• Anti-Spam Software

Name

• Block Bad Bots and Stop Bad Bots Crawlers and Spiders and Anti Spam Protection Plugin

Version

• 11.0
• 11.1
• 11.2
• 11.3
• 11.4
• 11.5
• 11.6
• 11.7
• 11.8
• 11.9
• 11.10
• 11.11
• 11.12
• 11.13
• 11.14
• 11.15
• 11.16
• 11.17
• 11.18
• 11.19
• 11.20
• 11.21
• 11.22
• 11.23
• 11.24
• 11.25
• 11.26
• 11.27
• 11.28
• 11.29
• 11.30
• 11.31
• 11.32
• 11.33
• 11.34
• 11.35
• 11.36
• 11.37
• 11.38
• 11.39
• 11.40
• 11.41
• 11.42
• 11.43
• 11.44
• 11.45
• 11.46
• 11.47
• 11.48
• 11.49
• 11.50
• 11.51
• 11.52
• 11.53
• 11.54
• 11.55
• 11.56
• 11.57
• 11.58

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