Known vulnerabilities in WP-Ban

Ban users by IP, IP range, host name, user agent and referrer URL from visiting your WordPress blog.

2Reported vulnerabilities

4.8Highest CVSS score

2.0.0Latest version

8,000+Active installs

What to do now

Update WP-Ban to 1.69.1 or later. 2 of these have a fixed version available. Updating resolves them.

Plugin last updated: August 9, 2026 / Tested up to WordPress: 7.0.4 / View on wordpress.org

Reported vulnerabilities

Ordered by how urgently they need attention — whether a vulnerability is actually being exploited, and how likely exploitation is, rather than CVSS severity alone.

CVE	Severity	Exploit probability next 30 days	Affected versions	Fixed in	Published
CVE-2022-4260	Medium 4.8	0.9%	Before 1.69.1	`1.69.1`	January 2, 2023
CVE-2014-6230	Medium 4.3	2.4%	1.6.3 and earlier	`1.64`	October 25, 2014

Sources: vulnerability records from NVD, exploitation from CISA KEV, exploit probability from EPSS. Affected versions come from CPE ranges or from the reporting CNA.