# CVE-2024-13794: Hide My WP Ghost – Security & Firewall <= 5.3.02 - Unauthenticated Login Page Disclosure

> Unauthenticated attackers can discover the hidden WordPress login page location due to improper path restriction in the Hide My WP Ghost plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 12 Feb 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hcg3-9g3p-xjxq

## What is CVE-2024-13794?

CVE-2024-13794 is a medium-severity vulnerability in johndarrel WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) – Security & Firewall, published on 12 Feb 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) – Security & Firewall plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Login Page Dislcosure in all versions up to, and including, 5.3.02. This is due to the plugin not properly restricting the /wp-register.php path. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to discover the hidden login page location.

Weakness: CWE-693 (Protection Mechanism Failure)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-13794?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Wpplugins Hide My Wp Ghost.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-13794?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-13794 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-13794 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-13794 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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

- [CVE-2025-26909](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-26909/): WordPress Hide My WP Ghost plugin <= 5.4.01 - Local File Inclusion to RCE vulnerability (critical 9.6)
- [CVE-2024-6420](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6420/): Hide My WP Ghost < 5.2.02 - Hidden Login Page Disclosure (high 8.6)
- [CVE-2025-2056](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-2056/): WP Ghost <= 5.4.01 - Unauthenticated Limited File Read (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2022-4537](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4537/): Hide My WP Ghost – Security Plugin <= 5.0.18 - IP Address Spoofing to Protection Mechanism Bypass (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2024-10825](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-10825/): Hide My WP Ghost – Security & Firewall <= 5.3.01 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via URL (medium 6.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-13794 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-13794 is a medium-severity vulnerability in johndarrel WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) – Security & Firewall, published on 12 Feb 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-13794 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: johndarrel WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) – Security & Firewall. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13794/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13794/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-13794
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-13794
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-13794

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13794/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.