CVE-2014-6230

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-20 Input Validation

Publication date:

25/10/2014

Last modified:

12/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.30 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0

4.30

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:wp-ban_project:wp-ban::::::wordpress::*		1.6.3 (including)

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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/