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CVE-2014-6230

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2014-10-25 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-20

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.

Affected products

• WP-Ban: through 1.6.3

References

• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Sep/60
• https://security.dxw.com/advisories/vulnerability-in-wp-ban-allows-visitors-to-bypass-the-ip-blacklist-in-some-configurations/
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-ban/changelog/
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Sep/60
• https://security.dxw.com/advisories/vulnerability-in-wp-ban-allows-visitors-to-bypass-the-ip-blacklist-in-some-configurations/
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-ban/changelog/

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