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CVE-2025-48166: CWE-862 Missing Authorization in Bill Minozzi Stop and Block bots plugin Anti bots

Medium
VulnerabilityCVE-2025-48166cvecve-2025-48166cwe-862
Published: Wed Jul 16 2025 (07/16/2025, 10:36:55 UTC)
Source: CVE Database V5
Vendor/Project: Bill Minozzi
Product: Stop and Block bots plugin Anti bots

Description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Bill Minozzi Stop and Block bots plugin Anti bots allows Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs. This issue affects Stop and Block bots plugin Anti bots: from n/a through 1.48.

AI-Powered Analysis

AILast updated: 07/16/2025, 11:19:31 UTC

Technical Analysis

CVE-2025-48166 is a medium-severity vulnerability classified under CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) affecting the 'Stop and Block bots' plugin Anti bots developed by Bill Minozzi. This vulnerability arises due to missing or insufficient authorization checks on certain functionalities within the plugin, allowing unauthorized users to access features that should be protected by Access Control Lists (ACLs). The affected versions include all versions up to 1.48, with no specific version range provided. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 5.3, indicating a medium impact. The vector string (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N) reveals that the vulnerability is remotely exploitable over the network without any privileges or user interaction required. The impact is limited to integrity, with no confidentiality or availability impact. Essentially, an attacker can manipulate or alter certain plugin functionalities without proper authorization, potentially leading to unauthorized changes in bot-blocking rules or configurations. However, there is no indication of known exploits in the wild, and no patches or fixes have been linked yet. The vulnerability could be leveraged to bypass intended access restrictions, possibly allowing attackers to disable or circumvent bot mitigation controls, which could facilitate further automated attacks or abuse of the protected web applications.

Potential Impact

For European organizations using the 'Stop and Block bots' plugin Anti bots, this vulnerability poses a risk to the integrity of their bot mitigation defenses. Unauthorized modification of bot-blocking rules could allow malicious bots to bypass protections, leading to increased automated attacks such as credential stuffing, scraping, or denial-of-service attempts. This can degrade service quality, expose sensitive data indirectly, or increase operational costs due to abuse. While confidentiality and availability are not directly impacted, the integrity compromise can undermine trust in security controls and potentially facilitate secondary attacks. Organizations in sectors with high web traffic and reliance on bot mitigation—such as e-commerce, finance, and public services—may be particularly affected. Given the plugin’s niche market, the overall impact may be limited to organizations specifically using this plugin. However, the ease of exploitation without authentication or user interaction increases the risk of automated exploitation attempts once the vulnerability is publicly known.

Mitigation Recommendations

Since no official patches are currently linked, organizations should implement compensating controls immediately. These include restricting access to the plugin’s administrative interfaces via network-level controls such as IP whitelisting or VPN access. Monitoring and logging changes to the plugin’s configuration should be enhanced to detect unauthorized modifications promptly. Organizations should consider disabling or uninstalling the plugin if feasible until a patch is released. Additionally, web application firewalls (WAFs) can be tuned to detect and block suspicious requests targeting the plugin’s endpoints. Regularly reviewing user roles and permissions to ensure least privilege principles are enforced can reduce risk. Finally, organizations should maintain close contact with the vendor or security advisories for timely patch deployment once available.

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Technical Details

Data Version
5.1
Assigner Short Name
Patchstack
Date Reserved
2025-05-15T18:02:16.098Z
Cvss Version
3.1
State
PUBLISHED

Threat ID: 687782f9a83201eaacd97902

Added to database: 7/16/2025, 10:46:17 AM

Last enriched: 7/16/2025, 11:19:31 AM

Last updated: 8/10/2025, 7:21:20 AM

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