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CVE-2022-4537

MEDIUM 6.5 CVSS 3.1
Published
May 9, 2023
Last modified
June 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified
Reported by
security@wordfence.com
Weakness
CWE-348, CWE-345
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

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 WordPress components

  • Hide My WP Ghost – Security & Firewall Plugin · hide-my-wp
    Confirmed match Active
    Up to and including 5.0.18
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A confirmed match is backed by the plugin or theme slug. A possible match is based on the product name only and should be verified.

Affected products and versions

  • johndarrel WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) – Security & Firewall — Up to and including 5.0.18
  • wpplugins hide_my_wp_ghost — Up to and including 5.0.18

References

  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hide-my-wp/tags/5.0.18/models/Brute.php#L131 Product
  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hide-my-wp/trunk/models/Brute.php#L132 Product
  • www.wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4cf89f94-587a-4fed-a6e4-3876b7dbc9ba?source=cve Third Party Advisory
  • nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record