CVEvulnerability
CVE-2014-6230
4.3 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2014-10-25
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- 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 configurations
• wp-ban project wp-ban (<= 1.6.3)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Sep/60 Exploit
- https://security.dxw.com/advisories/vulnerability-in-wp-ban-allows-visitors-to-bypass-the-ip-blacklist-in-some-configurations/ Exploit
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-ban/changelog/ Vendor Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Sep/60 Exploit
- https://security.dxw.com/advisories/vulnerability-in-wp-ban-allows-visitors-to-bypass-the-ip-blacklist-in-some-configurations/ Exploit
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-ban/changelog/ Vendor Advisory