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CVE-2014-6230

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-6230 describes a vulnerability in the WP-Ban plugin for WordPress, versions prior to 1.6.4, where remote attackers can bypass IP blacklists. This medium-complexity attack, with a CVSS score of 4.3, allows unauthorized access (partial confidentiality impact) by manipulating the X-Forwarded-For header. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.6.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wp-ban_project:wp-ban:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.44%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0244 is in the 72nd percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

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