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.
History

Thu, 30 Jul 2026 19:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-290
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 30 Jul 2026 14:30:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Wpplugins
Wpplugins wp Ghost (hide My Wp Ghost)
Vendors & Products Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Wpplugins
Wpplugins wp Ghost (hide My Wp Ghost)

Thu, 30 Jul 2026 06:15:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title Hide My WP Ghost < 7.0.05 - IP Address Spoofing via Trusted Proxy Headers Leading to Protection Mechanism Bypass
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2026-07-30T06:00:10.207Z

Updated: 2026-07-30T18:21:02.622Z

Reserved: 2026-06-10T12:15:36.157Z

Link: CVE-2026-11870

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-30T18:18:03.230Z

cve-icon NVD

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cve-icon Redhat

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