CVE-2014-6230

Exp

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.

Published: 2014-10-25 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2014-6230 is rated High Exploit Risk (62.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.44%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.76% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2014-6230

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-6230

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.68% 2.44% +1.76%
2 2025-12-24 0.25% 0.68% +0.43%
3 2025-07-10 — 0.25% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-6230

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-6230

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-6230

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
wp-ban_project wp-ban <= 1.6.3 cpe:2.3:a:wp-ban_project:wp-ban:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

References for CVE-2014-6230

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