Vulnerability · Published Nov 15, 2024 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2024-10825Hide My WP Ghost – Security & Firewall <= 5.3.01 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via URL
Medium 6.1
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) – Security & Firewall from johndarrel. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 31% of all known vulnerabilities).
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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| johndarrel | WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) – Security & Firewall | 0 – through 5.3.01 |
Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c467a634-d5cf-4e80-9a64-009cdad2a684?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hide-my-wp/tags/5.3.01/classes/Tools.php#L633
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hide-my-wp/tags/5.3.01/classes/Tools.php#L638
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3186489/hide-my-wp/trunk/classes/Tools.php