Block and Stop Bad Bots < 6.60 - Authenticated SQL Injections

published 2021-09-13 5 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2021-11639

cvss: 8.8; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.7%; EPSS 1.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 77%
public exploits: 0; none known

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

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

billminozzi stop_bad_bots 6.60

Exploit prediction

1.71% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

trustwave.com https://www.trustwave.com/en-us/resources/security-resources/security-advisories/?fid=29174 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/ffa1f718-f2c5-48ef-8eea-33a18a628a2c referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	6.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

Unknown WP Block and Stop Bad Bots Crawlers and Spiders and Anti Spam Protection Plugin StopBadBots

Classification

Weakness

CWE-89 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

trustwave.com /en-us/resources/security-resources/security-advisories/?fid=29174
exploit, third-party-advisory
wpscan.com /vulnerability/ffa1f718-f2c5-48ef-8eea-33a18a628a2c
exploit, third-party-advisory
plugins.trac.wordpress.org /changeset/2576276/
third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2021-24727
NVD CVE-2021-24727

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Summary