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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-10745

The Banhammer – Monitor Site Traffic, Block Bad Users and Bots plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Blocking Bypass in all versions up to, and including, 3.4.8.

Published Sep 26, 2025 · catalog updated Apr 8, 2026 · Banhammer – Monitor Site Traffic, Block Bad Users and Bots

Last checked Oct 23, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-10745. EPSS is 0.37%. Act only if a listed version of Banhammer – Monitor Site Traffic, Block Bad Users and Bots is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Medium5.3
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.37%
Remediation
Vendor / distro source
Affected products
vendor specialk Banhammer – Monitor Site Traffic, Block Bad Users and Bots 0 ≤3.4.8

The Banhammer – Monitor Site Traffic, Block Bad Users and Bots plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Blocking Bypass in all versions up to, and including, 3.4.8. This is due to a site-wide “secret key” being deterministically generated from a constant character set using md5() and base64_encode() and then stored in the option. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to bypass the plugin’s logging and blocking by appending a GET parameter named where is the predictable value, thereby causing Banhammer to abort its protections for that request.

Are you affected?

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  • vendor specialk Banhammer – Monitor Site Traffic, Block Bad Users and Bots 0 ≤3.4.80 ≤3.4.8

How to fix CVE-2025-10745

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-10745. EPSS is 0.37%. Act only if a listed version of Banhammer – Monitor Site Traffic, Block Bad Users and Bots is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with specialk Banhammer – Monitor Site Traffic, Block Bad Users and Bots 0 ≤3.4.8 0 ≤3.4.8. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.37%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

WordPress security

Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Sep 26, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    The Banhammer – Monitor Site Traffic, Block Bad Users and Bots plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Blocking Bypass in all versions up to, and including, 3.4.8. This is due to a site-wide “secret key” being deterministically generated from a constant character set using md5() and base64_encode() and then stored in the option. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to bypass the plug

  2. Apr 8, 2026 · EUVD

    Updated

    The Banhammer – Monitor Site Traffic, Block Bad Users and Bots plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Blocking Bypass in all versions up to, and including, 3.4.8. This is due to a site-wide “secret key” being deterministically generated from a constant character set using md5() and base64_encode() and then stored in the option. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to bypass the plug

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-10745

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-10745

    30-day exploitation probability 0.37%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-31209

    The Banhammer – Monitor Site Traffic, Block Bad Users and Bots plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Blocking Bypass in all versions up to, and including, 3.4.8. This is due to a site-wide “secret key” being deterministically generated from a constant character set using md5() an

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 23, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • CVE.orgOct 23, 2026
  • FIRST EPSSOct 23, 2026
  • EUVDOct 22, 2026