CVE-2024-10825 Hide My WP Ghost – Security & Firewall <= 5.3.01 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via URL
Unauthenticated attackers can inject arbitrary scripts via URL, potentially compromising administrative users who click malicious links.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-10825?
CVE-2024-10825 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in johndarrel WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) – Security & Firewall, published on 15 Nov 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The Hide My WP Ghost – Security & Firewall plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the URL in all versions up to, and including, 5.3.01 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick an administrative user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-10825?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wpplugins Hide My Wp Ghost.
How do I fix CVE-2024-10825?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-10825 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2024-10825 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-10825 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
- CVE-2024-6420 Hide My WP Ghost < 5.2.02 - Hidden Login Page Disclosure
- CVE-2025-2056 WP Ghost <= 5.4.01 - Unauthenticated Limited File Read
- CVE-2022-4537 Hide My WP Ghost – Security Plugin <= 5.0.18 - IP Address Spoofing to Protection Mechanism Bypass
- CVE-2024-13794 Hide My WP Ghost – Security & Firewall <= 5.3.02 - Unauthenticated Login Page Disclosure
Sources
Also known as GHSA-gghm-v5rx-vf3g.