TI-2022-04143 Aliases CVE-2022-4537 GHSA-q65v-97cj-p6rh

Hide My WP Ghost – Security Plugin <= 5.0.18 - IP Address Spoofing to Protection Mechanism Bypass

LOW 35CWE-348Published 2023-05-09 · Updated 2026-04-08

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Low · Low · None
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-345.

Summary

The Hide My WP Ghost – Security Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to IP Address Spoofing in versions up to, and including, 5.0.18. This is due to insufficient restrictions on where the IP Address information is being retrieved for request logging and login restrictions. Attackers can supply the X-Forwarded-For header with with a different IP Address that will be logged and can be used to bypass settings that may have blocked out an IP address from logging in.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00318 24th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: Yes
Technical impact: Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
johndarrel	WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) – Security & Firewall	up to 5.0.18	—	No fix listed	CNA

WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) – Security & Firewall Vendorjohndarrel Affected up to 5.0.18 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:wpplugins:hide_my_wp_ghost::::::wordpress::*	up to 5.0.18	Vulnerable	johndarrel

cpe:2.3:a:wpplugins:hide_my_wp_ghost:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions up to 5.0.18 Vulnerable ·johndarrel

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-4537
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q65v-97cj-p6rh

References

Advisory 1

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4cf89f94-587a-4fed-a6e4-3876b7dbc9ba?source=cve

Other 2

TI-2024-05959 Hide My WP Ghost < 5.2.02 - Hidden Login Page Disclosure CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
TI-2025-19780 WordPress Hide My WP Ghost plugin <= 5.4.01 - Local File Inclusion to RCE vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2025-01794 WP Ghost <= 5.4.01 - Unauthenticated Limited File Read CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2023-16868 WordPress Hide My WP Ghost – Security Plugin plugin <= 5.0.25 - Captcha Bypass vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
TI-2024-12820 Hide My WP Ghost – Security & Firewall <= 5.3.02 - Unauthenticated Login Page Disclosure CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
TI-2024-10034 Hide My WP Ghost – Security & Firewall <= 5.3.01 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via URL CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1

Sources

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