TI-2024-10034 Aliases CVE-2024-10825 GHSA-gghm-v5rx-vf3g

Hide My WP Ghost – Security & Firewall <= 5.3.01 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via URL

LOW 27CWE-79Published 2024-11-15 · Updated 2026-04-08

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: Required
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Cross-site scripting
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-79.

Summary

The Hide My WP Ghost – Security & Firewall plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the URL in all versions up to, and including, 5.3.01 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick an administrative user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00369 30th 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: No
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 5.3.01	—	No fix listed	CNA

WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) – Security & Firewall Vendorjohndarrel Affected up to 5.3.01 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:wpplugins:hide_my_wp_ghost::::::wordpress::*	before 5.3.02	Vulnerable	johndarrel

cpe:2.3:a:wpplugins:hide_my_wp_ghost:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 5.3.02 Vulnerable ·johndarrel

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-10825
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-gghm-v5rx-vf3g

References

Patch 1

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3186489/hide-my-wp/trunk/classes/Tools.php

Advisory 1

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c467a634-d5cf-4e80-9a64-009cdad2a684?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-2022-04143 Hide My WP Ghost – Security Plugin <= 5.0.18 - IP Address Spoofing to Protection Mechanism Bypass CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
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

Sources

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