CVE-2026-11870

Hide My WP Ghost < 7.0.05 - IP Address Spoofing via Trusted Proxy Headers Leading to Protection Mechanism Bypass

Published Jul 30, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 5.4 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

Remediation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-290
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Wpplugins
Wpplugins wp Ghost (hide My Wp Ghost)
Vendors & Products Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Wpplugins
Wpplugins wp Ghost (hide My Wp Ghost)
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description 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.
Title Hide My WP Ghost < 7.0.05 - IP Address Spoofing via Trusted Proxy Headers Leading to Protection Mechanism Bypass
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
WPScan
Published
Updated
Jul 30, 2026, 6:21 PM
Reserved
Jun 10, 2026, 12:15 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Jul 30, 2026, 6:24 AM
Modified
Jul 30, 2026, 7:17 PM