PT-2025-11239 · WordPress · Wp Ghost

Michael Mazzolini + 1 · Published 2025-03-14 · Updated 2025-03-19 · CVE-2025-2056

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: The WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) – Security & Firewall plugin for WordPress versions up to, and including, 5.4.01

Description: The issue allows unauthenticated attackers to read the contents of specific file types on the server, which can contain sensitive information, via the showFile function. This is a result of a Path Traversal vulnerability.

Recommendations: For versions up to, and including, 5.4.01, consider disabling the showFile function until a patch is available to prevent exploitation.

Fix

Relative Path Traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-23

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-2056

Affected Products

Wp Ghost

References · 10

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hide-my-wp/tags/5.4.02/models/Files.php#L336 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-2056 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-2056 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/cybercronai/status/1900653576063484101 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvedetector/20270 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/cracbot/status/1902314174790893892 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvetracker/19098 · Telegram Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f43db496-80ea-442c-9417-7aa03ec95f02?source=cve · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1900409138695283009 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/vulns_space/status/1900426977728663907 · Twitter Post