Vulnerabilities and security researches forhide-my-wp hide-my-wp

Jun 07, 2024

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2023-34001
Home page URL: Security reports for Hide My WP Ghost – Security Plugin
Application: Hide My WP Ghost – Security Plugin
Date: Jun 04, 2024
Research Description: Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts vulnerability in WPPlugins – WordPress Security Plugins Hide My WP Ghost allows Functionality Bypass.This issue affects Hide My WP Ghost: from n/a through 5.0.25.
Affected versions: max 5.0.26.
Status: vulnerable

CVE, Research URL: 44eaea3868b0860c6bea9bfab5f0a1adc395267e
Home page URL: Security reports for Hide My WP Ghost – Security Plugin
Application: Hide My WP Ghost – Security Plugin
Date: Sep 15, 2018
Research Description: WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) – Security & Firewall [hide-my-wp] < 2.0.03 (closed) WordPress Hide My WP Ghost plugin <= 2.0.02 - SQL Injection (SQLi) vulnerability SQL Injection (SQLi) vulnerability discovered by Jonas Lejon in the WordPress Hide My WP Ghost plugin (versions <= 2.0.02).
Affected versions: max 2.0.03.
Status: vulnerable

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2022-4537
Home page URL: Security reports for Hide My WP Ghost – Security Plugin
Application: Hide My WP Ghost – Security Plugin
Date: May 09, 2023
Research Description: 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.
Affected versions: max 2.0.03.
Status: vulnerable

Jul 24, 2024

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2024-6420
Home page URL: Security reports for Hide My WP Ghost – Security Plugin
Application: Hide My WP Ghost – Security Plugin
Date: Jul 23, 2024
Research Description: The Hide My WP Ghost WordPress plugin before 5.2.02 does not prevent redirects to the login page via the auth_redirect WordPress function, allowing an unauthenticated visitor to access the hidden login page.
Affected versions: max 5.2.02.
Status: vulnerable

Nov 15, 2024

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2024-10825
Home page URL: Security reports for Hide My WP Ghost – Security Plugin
Application: Hide My WP Ghost – Security Plugin
Date: Nov 15, 2024
Research Description: 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.
Affected versions: max 5.3.02.
Status: vulnerable

Feb 15, 2025

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2024-13794
Home page URL: Security reports for Hide My WP Ghost – Security Plugin
Application: Hide My WP Ghost – Security Plugin
Date: Feb 12, 2025
Research Description: 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.
Affected versions: max 5.4.01.
Status: vulnerable

Mar 14, 2025

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2025-2056
Home page URL: Security reports for Hide My WP Ghost – Security Plugin
Application: Hide My WP Ghost – Security Plugin
Date: Mar 14, 2025
Research Description: 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.
Affected versions: max 5.4.02.
Status: vulnerable

Mar 27, 2025

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2025-26909
Home page URL: Security reports for Hide My WP Ghost – Security Plugin
Application: Hide My WP Ghost – Security Plugin
Date: Mar 27, 2025
Research Description: Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') vulnerability in John Darrel Hide My WP Ghost allows PHP Local File Inclusion.This issue affects Hide My WP Ghost: from n/a through 5.4.01.
Affected versions: max 5.4.02.
Status: vulnerable

Jan 27, 2026

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2025-69098
Home page URL: Security reports for Hide My WP Ghost – Security Plugin
Application: Hide My WP Ghost – Security Plugin
Date: Jan 22, 2026
Research Description: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in wpWave Hide My WP hide_my_wp allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Hide My WP: from n/a through <= 6.2.12.
Affected versions: max 6.2.12.
Status: vulnerable