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TI-2026-10242 Aliases CVE-2026-11870GHSA-49jm-q6q7-76gc

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

Priority MEDIUM 58CWE-290Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-290.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00258 17th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA
Fix Fixed WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) (Unknown): 7.0.05

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
UnknownWP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost)before 7.0.057.0.05Patch availableCNA
  • WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) VendorUnknown Affected before 7.0.05 Fixed in 7.0.05 Patch available CNA

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) (Unknown) Fixed in 7.0.05

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-11870
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-49jm-q6q7-76gc

References

Exploit 1

Sources

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