Hide My WP Ghost – Security & Firewall: known security problems
15 known security problems reported for this WordPress plugin, with the affected versions, the fix and what to do.
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In short
There are 15 known security problems on this page. Each one has a fixed version. Updating to version 7.0.13 or newer covers every fixed problem listed here.
Based on public reports. Check the plugin’s changelog. Watchfox AI may be wrong.
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A stranger could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 7.0.12
- Fixed in
- 7.0.13
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Hide My WP Ghost – Security & Firewall to version 7.0.13 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-89051
- Report title
- Hide My WP Ghost <= 7.0.12 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment Content
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
A stranger could send your visitors from your site to a harmful site (up to and including 7.0.02)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 7.0.02
- Fixed in
- 7.0.03
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Hide My WP Ghost – Security & Firewall to version 7.0.03 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-7527
- Report title
- WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) <= 7.0.02 - Unauthenticated Open Redirect via 'redirect_to' Parameter
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
A stranger could use it to harm your site (up to and including 7.0.10)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 7.0.10
- Fixed in
- 7.0.11
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Hide My WP Ghost – Security & Firewall to version 7.0.11 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-86796
- Report title
- Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) <= 7.0.10 - Unauthenticated Protection Mechanism Bypass
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
A stranger could use it to harm your site (up to and including 7.0.10) (2)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 7.0.10
- Fixed in
- 7.0.11
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Hide My WP Ghost – Security & Firewall to version 7.0.11 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-86800
- Report title
- Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) <= 7.0.10 - Unauthenticated Login Protection Bypass
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
A stranger could make your server visit other addresses on their behalf
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 7.0.09
- Fixed in
- 7.0.10
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Hide My WP Ghost – Security & Firewall to version 7.0.10 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-81806
- Report title
- Hide My WP Ghost – Security & Firewall <= 7.0.09 - Unauthenticated Server-Side Request Forgery
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could use it to harm your site (before 7.0.05)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Before 7.0.05
- Fixed in
- 7.0.05
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Hide My WP Ghost – Security & Firewall to version 7.0.05 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-11870
- Report title
- WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) – Security & Firewall < 7.0.05 - IP Spoofing to Protection Mechanism Bypass
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could take over your site as an admin
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 7.0.06
- Fixed in
- 7.0.07
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Hide My WP Ghost – Security & Firewall to version 7.0.07 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-59546
- Report title
- WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) – Security & Firewall <= 7.0.06 - Two-Factor Authentication Bypass
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
A stranger could send your visitors from your site to a harmful site (before 7.0.00)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Before 7.0.00
- Fixed in
- 7.0.00
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Hide My WP Ghost – Security & Firewall to version 7.0.00 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-39484
- Report title
- Hide My WP Ghost < 7.0.00 - Unauthenticated Open Redirect
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
A stranger could read or delete private files on your server
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 5.4.01
- Fixed in
- 5.4.02
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Hide My WP Ghost – Security & Firewall to version 5.4.02 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2025-26909
- Report title
- Hide My WP Ghost <= 5.4.01 - Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
A stranger could use it to harm your site (up to and including 5.4.01)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 5.4.01
- Fixed in
- 5.4.02
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Hide My WP Ghost – Security & Firewall to version 5.4.02 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2025-2056
- Report title
- WP Ghost <= 5.4.01 - Unauthenticated Limited File Read
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
A stranger could use it to harm your site (up to and including 5.3.02)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 5.3.02
- Fixed in
- 5.4.01
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Hide My WP Ghost – Security & Firewall to version 5.4.01 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-13794
- Report title
- Hide My WP Ghost – Security & Firewall <= 5.3.02 - Unauthenticated Login Page Disclosure
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 5.3.01
- Fixed in
- 5.3.02
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Hide My WP Ghost – Security & Firewall to version 5.3.02 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-10825
- Report title
- Hide My WP Ghost – Security & Firewall <= 5.3.01 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via URL
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could use it to harm your site (up to and including 5.2.01)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 5.2.01
- Fixed in
- 5.2.02
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Hide My WP Ghost – Security & Firewall to version 5.2.02 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-6420
- Report title
- Hide My WP Ghost – Security & Firewall <= 5.2.01 - Login Page Disclosure
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could use it to harm your site (up to and including 5.0.25)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 5.0.25
- Fixed in
- 5.0.26
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Hide My WP Ghost – Security & Firewall to version 5.0.26 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2023-34001
- Report title
- Hide My WP Ghost <= 5.0.25 - CAPTCHA Bypass in brute_math_authenticate
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could use it to harm your site (up to and including 5.0.18)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 5.0.18
- Fixed in
- 5.0.20
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Hide My WP Ghost – Security & Firewall to version 5.0.20 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2022-4537
- Report title
- Hide My WP Ghost – Security Plugin <= 5.0.18 - IP Address Spoofing to Protection Mechanism Bypass
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Where this comes from
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