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2 vulnerabilities found for WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) by Unknown
CVE-2026-11870 (GCVE-0-2026-11870)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2026-07-30 06:00 – Updated: 2026-07-30 18:21
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Hide My WP Ghost < 7.0.05 - IP Address Spoofing via Trusted Proxy Headers Leading to Protection Mechanism Bypass
Summary
The WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) WordPress plugin before 7.0.05 does not verify that client IP information comes from a trusted proxy before trusting attacker-controllable HTTP headers, allowing unauthenticated attackers to spoof their IP address to bypass the WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) WordPress plugin before 7.0.05's own brute-force protection and to downgrade its firewall by matching a hardcoded whitelisted IP range.
Severity
5.4 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-07-30 18:20 UTC
CWE
- CWE-290 Authentication Bypass by Spoofing
- CWE-290 - Authentication Bypass by Spoofing
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d3bf6487-88a9-4f… | exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) |
Affected:
0 , < 7.0.05
(semver)
|
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CVE-2026-11870 (GCVE-0-2026-11870)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-30 06:00 – Updated: 2026-07-30 18:21
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Hide My WP Ghost < 7.0.05 - IP Address Spoofing via Trusted Proxy Headers Leading to Protection Mechanism Bypass
Summary
The WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) WordPress plugin before 7.0.05 does not verify that client IP information comes from a trusted proxy before trusting attacker-controllable HTTP headers, allowing unauthenticated attackers to spoof their IP address to bypass the WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) WordPress plugin before 7.0.05's own brute-force protection and to downgrade its firewall by matching a hardcoded whitelisted IP range.
Severity
5.4 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-07-30 18:20 UTC
CWE
- CWE-290 Authentication Bypass by Spoofing
- CWE-290 - Authentication Bypass by Spoofing
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d3bf6487-88a9-4f… | exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) |
Affected:
0 , < 7.0.05
(semver)
|
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