CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-7527

MediumCVSS 4.7
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.22%

13th percentile - higher than 13% of all known CVEs

Summary

The WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) – Security & Firewall plugin for WordPress in versions up to and including 7.0.02 is vulnerable to Open Redirect due to improper validation of user input. Unauthenticated attackers can redirect users to potentially malicious sites if they trick them into clicking a specially crafted link. Exploitation requires tricking a logged-in user into clicking a crafted logout URL; the victim is fully logged out via wp_logout() before the malicious redirect is issued.

Risk Assessment

Attackers can use the plugin to redirect users to phishing or malicious sites, potentially leading to credential theft. Additionally, the victim is irreversibly logged out as part of the attack chain.

Recommendation

Update the WP Ghost plugin to a version later than 7.0.02 as soon as it becomes available. Until then, consider restricting access to the plugin or monitoring for unusual redirects.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

The WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) – Security & Firewall plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Open Redirect in all versions up to, and including, 7.0.02. This is due to the plugin not properly validating user input. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to redirect users to potentially malicious sites if they can successfully trick them into clicking on a specially crafted link. Exploitation requires tricking a logged-in user into clicking a crafted logout URL; the victim is fully logged out via wp_logout() before the malicious redirect is issued, making the logout irreversible as part of the attack chain.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS