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CVE-2025-2056

HIGH 7.5 CVSS 3.1
Published
March 14, 2025
Last modified
June 17, 2026
NVD status
Analyzed
Reported by
security@wordfence.com
Weakness
CWE-23
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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.

Affected WordPress components

  • Hide My WP Ghost – Security & Firewall Plugin · hide-my-wp
    Confirmed match Active
    Up to and including 5.4.01
    View on WordPress.org

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 5.4.01
  • wpplugins hide_my_wp_ghost — Before 5.4.02

References

  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hide-my-wp/tags/5.4.02/models/Files.php#L336 Patch
  • www.wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f43db496-80ea-442c-9417-7aa03ec95f02?source=cve Third Party Advisory
  • nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record