CVE-2025-9376
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Publication date: 2025-08-28

Last updated on: 2025-08-29

Assigner: Wordfence

Description
The Block Bad Bots and Stop Bad Bots Crawlers and Spiders and Anti Spam Protection plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to an insufficient capability check on the 'stopbadbots_check_wordpress_logged_in_cookie' function in all versions up to, and including, 11.58. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to bypass blocklists, rate limits, and other plugin functionality.
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Published
2025-08-28
Last Modified
2025-08-29
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2026-06-16
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2025-08-28
EPSS Evaluated
2026-06-14
NVD
CVE-2025-9376
EUVD
EUVD-2025-26082
Affected Vendors & Products
Showing 2 associated CPEs
Vendor Product Version / Range
wordfence stopbadbots 11.59
wordfence stopbadbots 11.58
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CWE ID Description
CWE-863 The product performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action, but it does not correctly perform the check.
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Executive Summary

This vulnerability exists in the Block Bad Bots and Stop Bad Bots Crawlers and Spiders and Anti Spam Protection plugin for WordPress, where an insufficient capability check in the 'stopbadbots_check_wordpress_logged_in_cookie' function allows unauthenticated attackers to bypass blocklists, rate limits, and other plugin protections.

Impact Analysis

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to bypass security measures such as blocklists and rate limits, potentially leading to unauthorized access to data and increased spam or malicious bot activity on the affected WordPress site.

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