Vulnerability CVE-2014-6230
Published: 2014-10-24   Modified: 2014-10-25

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.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Low
WordPress WP-Ban 1.62 Bypass
Tom Adams
18.09.2014

Type:

CWE-20

 (Improper Input Validation)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
Wp ban project -> Wp ban 

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