CVE-2026-86796 Security feature bypass in Hide My WP Ghost
Unauthenticated attackers can bypass firewall and URL hiding protections by spoofing WooCommerce request parameters, exposing concealed admin URLs.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-86796?
CVE-2026-86796 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Unknown Hide My WP Ghost, published on 18 Sep 2026. 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 7.0.11 does not verify that a request is a genuine WooCommerce request before disabling its firewall, threat-detection and login/URL-hiding protections, treating the mere presence of an attacker-suppliable request parameter as sufficient, which allows unauthenticated attackers to disable those protections and re-expose the concealed login and admin URLs on any request.
Weakness: CWE-693
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-86796?
How do I fix CVE-2026-86796?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-86796 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2026-86796 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-86796 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-5vw4-phcp-qmr8.