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CVE-2024-10825: Hide My WP Ghost – Security & Firewall <= 5.3.01 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via URL

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-11-15 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

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.

Affected products

• johndarrel WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) – Security & Firewall: before 5.3.02 — fixed in 5.3.02

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: johndarrel WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) – Security & Firewall 5.3.02. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hide-my-wp/tags/5.3.01/classes/Tools.php#L633
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hide-my-wp/tags/5.3.01/classes/Tools.php#L638
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3186489/hide-my-wp/trunk/classes/Tools.php
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c467a634-d5cf-4e80-9a64-009cdad2a684?source=cve

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