Vulnerability · Published Sep 19, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2026-7527WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) <= 7.0.02 - Unauthenticated Open Redirect via 'redirect_to' Parameter
Medium 4.7
In plain English
A medium-severity open redirect in 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 34% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) – Security & Firewall plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Open Redirect in all versions up to, and including, 7.0.02. This is due to the plugin not properly validating user input. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to redirect users to potentially malicious sites if they can successfully trick them into clicking on a specially crafted link. Exploitation requires tricking a logged-in user into clicking a crafted logout URL; the victim is fully logged out via wp_logout() before the malicious redirect is issued, making the logout irreversible as part of the attack chain.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| johndarrel | Hide My WP Ghost – Security & Firewall | 0 – through 7.0.02 |
Weakness: CWE-601 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/bd88ebd2-5584-4886-9c85-39a225cd00e9?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hide-my-wp/trunk/models/Rewrite.php#L1684
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hide-my-wp/tags/7.0.01/models/Rewrite.php#L1684
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hide-my-wp/trunk/models/Rewrite.php#L1679
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hide-my-wp/tags/7.0.01/models/Rewrite.php#L1679
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hide-my-wp/tags/5.5.02/models/Rewrite.php#L1684
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hide-my-wp/tags/5.5.02/models/Rewrite.php#L1679
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3556343