WordPress plugin
WP-Ban < 1.64 — Improper Input Validation
CVE-2014-6230Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: <1.64Update to 1.64 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium5.3
- CVSS
- 5.3CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:LConfidentiality- Low
I:NIntegrity- None
A:NAvailability- None
- Weakness
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
WP-Ban wp-ban
- Affected< 1.64
- Patched in1.64
Update to 1.64 or newer.
You are affected if you run < 1.64. Version 1.64 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under WP-Ban.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
- No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.
What to do
- Update to version 1.64, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch WP-Ban to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Mallory Adams, Tom Adams.
WP-Ban plugin before 1.64 for WordPress, when running in certain configurations, allows remote attackers to bypass the IP blacklist via a crafted X-Forwarded-For header.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
More in WP-Ban
All 2| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium5.5 | Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤1.69Update to 1.69.1 | CVE-2022-4260 |
- Medium5.5Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤1.69Update to 1.69.1
Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 5.3
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVE® identifiers
- Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- VulnCrest content
- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.