01 Record
CVE-2014-6230
WP-Ban plugin before 1.6.4 for WordPress, when running in certain configurations, allows remote attackers to bypass the IP blacklist via a crafted X-Forwarded-For header.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
WP-Ban plugin before 1.6.4 for WordPress, when running in certain configurations, allows remote attackers to bypass the IP blacklist via a crafted X-Forwarded-For header.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.44% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 83.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2014-10-25 00:00Z12 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 12:10Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2014-09-04
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- c4cf648d0fc9e86a985666b947a3d56220fac6f1dcb65be3add4366f56a01d22
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- wordpress.orghttps://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-ban/changelog/
- security.dxw.comhttps://security.dxw.com/advisories/vulnerability-in-wp-ban-allows-visitors-to-bypass-the-ip-blacklist-in-some-configurations/
- seclists.org20140917 Vulnerability in WP-Ban allows visitors to bypass the IP blacklist in some configurations (WordPress plugin)http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Sep/60