Protection mechanism failure in Hide My WP Ghost
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-693.
Summary
The Hide My WP Ghost WordPress plugin before 7.0.11 does not verify that a request is a genuine WooCommerce request before disabling its firewall, threat-detection and login/URL-hiding protections, treating the mere presence of an attacker-suppliable request parameter as sufficient, which allows unauthenticated attackers to disable those protections and re-expose the concealed login and admin URLs on any request.
Why it matters now
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Hide My WP Ghost | 7.0.10 to before 7.0.11 | 7.0.11 | Patch available | CNA |
- Hide My WP Ghost VendorUnknown Affected 7.0.10 to before 7.0.11 Fixed in 7.0.11 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Hide My WP Ghost (Unknown) Fixed in 7.0.11
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Hide My WP Ghost 7.0.11
2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-59349 WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) < 7.0.11 - Unauthenticated URL Hiding Bypass via Loopback Compatibility CheckPriority LOW 30
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-86796
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5vw4-phcp-qmr8
References
Sources
- CVE-2026-86796 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-86796 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-5vw4-phcp-qmr8 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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