CVE-2025-2056 WP Ghost <= 5.4.01 - Unauthenticated Limited File Read

What is CVE-2025-2056?

CVE-2025-2056 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in johndarrel WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) – Security & Firewall, published on 14 Mar 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 Path Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 5.4.01 via the showFile function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to read the contents of specific file types on the server, which can contain sensitive information.

Weakness: CWE-23

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-2056?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Wpplugins Hide My Wp Ghost.

How do I fix CVE-2025-2056?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-2056 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2025-2056 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-2056 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-2022-4537 Hide My WP Ghost – Security Plugin <= 5.0.18 - IP Address Spoofing to Protection Mechanism Bypass Medium 6.5
• 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-fpqv-c47q-5w5q.