CVE-2022-4537

MEDIUM

Hide My WP Ghost - Security Plugin <5.0.18 - Info Disclosure

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (3)

Core 3

Scores

CVSS v3 6.5
EPSS 0.0032
EPSS Percentile 23.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable yes
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-345 CWE-348
Status published
Products (2)
johndarrel/WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) – Security & Firewall < 5.0.18
wpplugins/hide_my_wp_ghost < 5.0.18
Published May 09, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026