CVE-2025-2056 HIGH

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

Vendor Johndarrel
Product WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) – Security & Firewall
Weakness CWE-23
Published March 14, 2025
Last update April 8, 2026
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CVSS base score

7.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

March 14, 2025 CVE published
April 8, 2026 Record updated