CVE-2022-4537 Hide My WP Ghost – Security Plugin <= 5.0.18 - IP Address Spoofing to Protection Mechanism Bypass

What is CVE-2022-4537?

CVE-2022-4537 is a medium-severity vulnerability in johndarrel WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) – Security & Firewall, published on 9 May 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Hide My WP Ghost – Security Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to IP Address Spoofing in versions up to, and including, 5.0.18. This is due to insufficient restrictions on where the IP Address information is being retrieved for request logging and login restrictions. Attackers can supply the X-Forwarded-For header with with a different IP Address that will be logged and can be used to bypass settings that may have blocked out an IP address from logging in.

Weakness: CWE-345, CWE-348

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-4537?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Wpplugins Hide My Wp Ghost.

How do I fix CVE-2022-4537?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-4537 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2022-4537 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-4537 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in johndarrel WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) – Security & Firewall

• CVE-2025-26909 WordPress Hide My WP Ghost plugin <= 5.4.01 - Local File Inclusion to RCE vulnerability Critical 9.6
• CVE-2024-6420 Hide My WP Ghost < 5.2.02 - Hidden Login Page Disclosure High 8.6
• CVE-2025-2056 WP Ghost <= 5.4.01 - Unauthenticated Limited File Read High 7.5
• CVE-2024-10825 Hide My WP Ghost – Security & Firewall <= 5.3.01 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via URL Medium 6.1
• CVE-2024-13794 Hide My WP Ghost – Security & Firewall <= 5.3.02 - Unauthenticated Login Page Disclosure Medium 5.3

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-q65v-97cj-p6rh.