CVE-2025-2056

HIGH EPSS 40.7%
Published Mar 14, 20251y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
7.5 CVSS 3.1
High
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Published Mar 14, 2025 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

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.

CVSS Details

Base Score
7.5
Exploitability
3.9
Impact
3.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity None
Availability None

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
40.7% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-23

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
wppluginshide_my_wp_ghost* <5.4.02

References 2

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

Remediation