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WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) – Security & Firewall
hide-my-wp
total installs
100,000
total vulns
3
critical
1
high
1
medium
1
low
0
latest vuln
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patched
3
unpatched
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avg time to patch
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vulnerabilities
(3)
Hide My WP Ghost < 7.0.00 - Unauthenticated Open Redirect
medium
✓ patched
cve id
CVE-2026-39484 ↗
cvss score
4.7
cwe
CWE-601: URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect')
published
Mar 18, 2026
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.
Hide My WP Ghost <= 5.4.01 - Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion
critical
✓ patched
cve id
CVE-2025-26909 ↗
cvss score
9.8
cwe
CWE-98: Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion')
published
Mar 19, 2025
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.
WP Ghost <= 5.4.01 - Unauthenticated Limited File Read
high
✓ patched
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.