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CVE-2022-0949: The Block Bad Bots and Stop Bad Bots Crawlers and Spiders and Anti Spam Protection WordPress plugin before 6.930 does not properly sanitise and escape the fingerprint parameter before using it in a SQ

critical Affects block-and-stop-bad-bots (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published ; advisory modified .

The Block Bad Bots and Stop Bad Bots Crawlers and Spiders and Anti Spam Protection WordPress plugin before 6.930 does not properly sanitise and escape the fingerprint parameter before using it in a SQ

Package
block-and-stop-bad-bots (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<6.930
Fixed in
6.930
Severity
critical  CVSS 9.8
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 8% (94.6th percentile)
Published
2022-04-11
Source
nvd

References

CWE-89
NVD recordblock-and-stop-bad-bots (WordPress plugin) advisories

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