WP Block and Stop Bad Bots < 6.930 - Unauthenticated SQLi

The plugin does not properly sanitise and escape the fingerprint parameter before using it in a SQL statement via the stopbadbotsgravafingerprint AJAX action, available to unauthenticated users, leading to a SQL injection curl -i 'https://example.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php' --data...

WP Block and Stop Bad Bots < 6.88 - Unauthenticated SQLi

The plugin does not properly sanitise and escape the User Agent before using it in a SQL statement to record logs, leading to an SQL Injection issue GET / HTTP/1.1 User-Agent: '+SLEEP5-- g Accept: text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,image/avif,image/webp,/;q=0.8 Accept-Language:...

WordPress Blackhole for Bad Bots plugin <= 3.3.1 - Arbitrary IP Address Blocking via IP Spoofing vulnerability

Arbitrary IP Address Blocking via IP Spoofing vulnerability discovered by Daniel Ruf in WordPress Blackhole for Bad Bots plugin versions = 3.3.1. Solution Update the WordPress Blackhole for Bad Bots plugin to the latest available version at least 3.3.2...

Blackhole for Bad Bots < 3.3.2 - Arbitrary IP Address Blocking via IP Spoofing

The plugin 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 abuse...

2021 in Review, Part 1: 5 Cybersecurity Topics that Made News

Its been another chaotic year in cybersecurity, as protecting web applications and stopping sensitive data breaches remain top-of-mind issues and continue to generate headline news. As 2021 comes to a close, cybersecurity and all the industries it serves is dealing with an unprecedented zero-day...

CVE-2021-24863

CVE-2021-24863 affects the WordPress plugin StopBadBots (StopBadBots WordPress plugin) prior to version 6.67. The vulnerability is a SQL injection caused by failure to sanitize and escape the User Agent before using it in a SQL statement to save it. Impact is unauthenticated access leading to dat...

By the Numbers: The State of Security in eCommerce

The ongoing global pandemic has accelerated eCommerce growth and pushed more consumers online. More consumers mean a larger threat landscape and ensure that cybersecurity issues remain a significant, ongoing challenge for the retail industry. Based on a 12-month analysis by Imperva Research Labs,...

Holiday Shopping Season is Upon Us: The State of Security Within eCommerce in 2021

The eCommerce industry has gone through years worth of changes in a matter of just a mere couple of months as the global pandemic emerged back in March of 2020. These changes have led to skyrocketing growth for the industry, with sales predicted to hit $4.921 trillion by the end of this year. And...

CVE-2021-24727 Block and Stop Bad Bots < 6.60 - Authenticated SQL Injections

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...

Block and Stop Bad Bots < 6.62 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

The plugin does not escape the page parameter before outputting it back in attributes, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issues PoC POST /wp-admin/admin.php?page=sbbmy-custom-submenu-page HTTP/1.1 Accept: text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,image/webp,/;q=0.8...

Block and Stop Bad Bots < 6.62 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

The plugin does not escape the page parameter before outputting it back in attributes, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting issues POST /wp-admin/admin.php?page=sbbmy-custom-submenu-page HTTP/1.1 Accept: text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,image/webp,/;q=0.8...

Block and Stop Bad Bots < 6.60 - Authenticated SQL Injections

The plugin did not validate or escape the order and orderby GET parameter in some of its admin dashboard pages, leading to Authenticated SQL Injections...

Block and Stop Bad Bots < 6.60 - Authenticated SQL Injections

The plugin did not validate or escape the order and orderby GET parameter in some of its admin dashboard pages, leading to Authenticated SQL Injections PoC https://example.com/wp-admin/admin.php?page=sbbmy-custom-submenu-page=1+AND+%28SELECT+4242+FROM+%28SELECT%28SLEEP%285%29%29%29aaa%29=asc...

Infographic: Bad Bot Sophistication Levels

All bad bots interact with applications in the same way a legitimate user would, making them harder to detect and block. They enable high-speed abuse, misuse, and attacks on your websites, mobile apps, and APIs. They allow bot operators, attackers, unsavory competitors, and fraudsters to perform ...

Infographic: What Are Bad Bots Doing?

By now, anyone with even a passing interest in how the Web functions has heard of bots. Most people understand that there are good and bad bots. Legitimate bots like Googlebot, an application used by Google to crawl the Internet and index it for search, and others like it represent tremendous...

Infographic: How Are Bad Bots Hurting Your Business?

Bad bots are software applications which run automated tasks with malicious intent over the internet. They scrape data from sites without permission in order to reuse it and gain a competitive edge e.g. pricing, inventory levels, proprietary content, etc.. They are used for scalping, the act of...

The Account Takeover Threat: A By-the-Numbers Breakdown

Identity theft has come a long way in the age of technology. The more data is available online, the greater the threat. In this blog we will dive into the different characteristics and statistics of real world Account Takeover attacks as recorded and mitigated by Imperva’s Advanced Bot Protection...

Bad Bot Traffic Breaks Records in 2020

Bad bots have long been a major illness plaguing the internet. As internet traffic reached new heights throughout the global pandemic, unfortunately so did bot traffic. In 2020, 40.8 percent of internet traffic wasn’t human, and 25.6 percent originated from bad bots. What have these bad bots been...

Bad Bot Report 2021: The Pandemic of the Internet

The 8th Annual Bad Bot Report is now available from Imperva. Created using data from Imperva’s Threat Research Lab, it provides a comprehensive look at the bad bot landscape and the impact that this malicious traffic has across multiple industries. Bad bot traffic amounted to 25.6 percent of all...

Five Ways Bad Bots Are Threatening Financial Services

For years now, the biggest security concerns for businesses in the financial services sector have mainly been related to data security, privacy, compliance and everything in between. Nevertheless, application security is equally as important and complex, as it consists of multiple potential attac...