# CVE-2024-6420: Hide My WP Ghost < 5.2.02 - Hidden Login Page Disclosure

> An unauthenticated attacker can discover the hidden login page URL in the Hide My WP Ghost plugin, bypassing the intended security feature.

- **Severity:** High 8.6 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 23 Jul 2024
- **Updated:** 27 Aug 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wcww-8mcp-8rx7

## What is CVE-2024-6420?

CVE-2024-6420 is a high-severity vulnerability in Unknown Hide My WP Ghost, published on 23 Jul 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Hide My WP Ghost WordPress plugin before 5.2.02 does not prevent redirects to the login page via the auth_redirect WordPress function, allowing an unauthenticated visitor to access the hidden login page.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-6420?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Wpplugins Hide My Wp Ghost.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-6420?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-6420 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-6420 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-6420 exists.

Public exploit code:

- Hide My WP Ghost < 5.2.02 - Hidden Login Page Disclosure (nuclei): http/cves/2024/CVE-2024-6420.yaml

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Hide My WP Ghost

- [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-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)
- [CVE-2024-13794](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13794/): Hide My WP Ghost – Security & Firewall <= 5.3.02 - Unauthenticated Login Page Disclosure (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-6420 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-6420 is a high-severity vulnerability in Unknown Hide My WP Ghost, published on 23 Jul 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-6420 exists.

Affected product: Unknown Hide My WP Ghost. 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-2024-6420/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6420/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-6420
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6420
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-6420

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6420/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.