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.
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0076
EPSS Percentile
73.4%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-23
Status
published
Products (2)
johndarrel/WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) – Security & Firewall
< 5.4.01
wpplugins/hide_my_wp_ghost
< 5.4.02
Published
Mar 14, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026