CVE-2025-2056
WP Ghost <= 5.4.01 - Unauthenticated Limited File Read
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.5 High
- Published
- Mar 14, 2025
- Updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- Reserved
- Mar 6, 2025
Description
The WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) – Security & Firewall plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 5.4.01 via the showFile function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to read the contents of specific file types on the server, which can contain sensitive information.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.5 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N | Wordfence |
Weaknesses
- CWE-23 Relative Path Traversal
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) – Security & Firewalljohndarrel |
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References
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