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8 known CVEs on file for WP Ghost.
| CVE | Vulnerability | Type | Severity | Affected | Fixed in | Published | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-39484 | WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) – Security & Firewall [hide-my-wp] < 7.0.00 | — | Medium 4.7 | < 7.0.00 | 7.0.00 | 2026-03-18 | — |
| — | WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) – Security & Firewall [hide-my-wp] <= 6.2.12 (unfixed) | Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') | High 7.1 | < 6.2.12 | 6.2.12 | 2026-01-13 | — |
| CVE-2025-26909 | WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) – Security & Firewall [hide-my-wp] < 5.4.02 | Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') | Critical 9.6 | < 5.4.02 | 5.4.02 | 2025-03-19 | — |
| CVE-2024-13794 | WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) – Security & Firewall [hide-my-wp] < 5.4.01 | Protection Mechanism Failure | Medium 5.3 | < 5.4.01 | 5.4.01 | 2025-02-11 | — |
| CVE-2024-10825 | WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) – Security & Firewall [hide-my-wp] < 5.3.02 | Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') | Medium 6.1 | < 5.3.02 | 5.3.02 | 2024-11-14 | — |
| CVE-2024-6420 | WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) – Security & Firewall [hide-my-wp] < 5.2.02 | Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor | High 8.6 | < 5.2.02 | 5.2.02 | 2024-07-02 | — |
| CVE-2023-34001 | WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) – Security & Firewall [hide-my-wp] < 5.0.26 | Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts | Medium 5.3 | < 5.0.26 | 5.0.26 | 2023-08-22 | — |
| CVE-2022-4537 | WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) – Security & Firewall [hide-my-wp] < 5.0.20 | Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity | Medium 6.5 | < 5.0.20 | 5.0.20 | 2023-05-08 | — |
The WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) – Security & Firewall plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Open Redirect in all versions up to 7.0.00 (exclusive). This is due to insufficient validation on a redirect url. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to redirect users to potentially malicious sites if they can successfully trick them into performing an action.
Source: Wordfence
The Hide My WP plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 6.2.12 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Source: Wordfence
The Hide My WP Ghost plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion in versions up to, and including, 5.4.01. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to include and execute arbitrary files on the server, allowing the execution of any PHP code in those files. This can be used to bypass access controls, obtain sensitive data, or achieve code execution in cases where images and other “safe” file types can be uploaded and included.
Source: Wordfence
The WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) – Security & Firewall plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Login Page Dislcosure in all versions up to, and including, 5.3.02. This is due to the plugin not properly restricting the /wp-register.php path. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to discover the hidden login page location.
Source: CVE.org
The Hide My WP Ghost – Security & Firewall plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the URL in all versions up to, and including, 5.3.01 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick an administrative user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Source: CVE.org
The Hide My WP Ghost – Security & Firewall plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Login Page Disclosure in all versions up to, and including, 5.2.01. This is due to the plugin not prevent redirects to the login page when gravity forms is installed. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to find the login page when it has been hidden.
Source: Wordfence
The Hide My WP Ghost plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to CAPTCHA Bypass in versions up to, and including, 5.0.25. This is due a logic flaw within the brute_math_authenticate function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to bypass CAPTCHA by omitting the `brute_ck` parameter from the authentication request.
Source: Wordfence
The Hide My WP Ghost – Security Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to IP Address Spoofing in versions up to, and including, 5.0.18. This is due to insufficient restrictions on where the IP Address information is being retrieved for request logging and login restrictions. Attackers can supply the X-Forwarded-For header with with a different IP Address that will be logged and can be used to bypass settings that may have blocked out an IP address from logging in.
Source: CVE.org
| CVE | Vulnerability | Type | Severity | Affected | Fixed in | Published | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) – Security & Firewall [hide-my-wp] < 2.0.03 | — | Unknown | < 2.0.03 | 2.0.03 | 2018-09-15 | — |
| CVE-2025-2056 | WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) – Security & Firewall [hide-my-wp] < 5.4.02 | Relative Path Traversal | High 7.5 | < 5.4.02 | 5.4.02 | 0000-00-00 | — |
| — | WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) – Security & Firewall [hide-my-wp] < 2.0.03 | — | Unknown | < 2.0.03 | 2.0.03 | — | — |
SQL Injection (SQLi) vulnerability discovered by Jonas Lejon in the WordPress Hide My WP Ghost plugin (versions <= 2.0.02).
Source: Patchstack
The WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) – Security & Firewall plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 5.4.01 via the showFile function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to read the contents of specific file types on the server, which can contain sensitive information.
Source: Wordfence
Versions below 2.0.03 are vulnerable for SQL Injection and Script Injection. Fixed in version 2.0.03 released on 2018-09-15
Source: WPScan
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