CVE-2025-2056

WP Ghost <= 5.4.01 - Unauthenticated Limited File Read

highRelative Path Traversal

7.5

CVSS Score

7.5

CVSS Score

high

Severity

5.4.02

Patched in

Time to patch

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 Vector Breakdown

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

High

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<=5.4.01

PublishedMarch 13, 2025

Last updatedMarch 14, 2025

Affected pluginhide-my-wp

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f43db496-80ea-442c-9417-7aa03ec95f02?source=api-prod

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