CVE-2026-11870
Hide My WP Ghost < 7.0.05 - IP Address Spoofing via Trusted Proxy Headers Leading to Protection Mechanism Bypass
MEDIUM 5.4EPSS 0.3%
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.
- Affected
- WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost)
- CVSS v3.1 CNA
- 5.4 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - EPSS
- 0.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 16th percentile
- Published
- 2026-07-30