CVE-2026-11870

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.

CVSS v3.1

5.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS

0.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 8th percentile

Published

2026-07-30

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d3bf6487-88a9-4fc7-87b6-5e739519aa64/

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2026-11869
• CVE-2026-11872
• CVE-2026-11868
• CVE-2026-11875
• CVE-2026-11867
• CVE-2026-11880