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High · 7.5 CVE-2025-2056 EUVD-2025-6427GHSA-fpqv-c47q-5w5q

WP Ghost <= 5.4.01 - Unauthenticated Limited File Read

Published Mar 14, 2025 · Updated Apr 8, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence

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 products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
johndarrel WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) – Security & Firewall ≤ 5.4.01 —

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