Critical severity9.1NVD Advisory· Published Apr 4, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2022-1165
CVE-2022-1165
Description
The Blackhole for Bad Bots WordPress plugin before 3.3.2 uses headers such as CF-CONNECTING-IP, CLIENT-IP etc to determine the IP address of requests hitting the blackhole URL, which allows them to be spoofed. This could result in blocking arbitrary IP addresses, such as legitimate/good search engine crawlers / bots. This could also be abused by competitors to cause damage related to visibility in search engines, can be used to bypass arbitrary blocks caused by this plugin, block any visitor or even the administrator and even more.
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Affected products
2<3.3.2+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <3.3.2
- (no CPE)range: <3.3.2
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2666486nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- wpscan.com/vulnerability/10d85913-ea8c-4c2e-a32e-fa61cf191710nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
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