CVE-2022-4537
Hide My WP Ghost – Security Plugin <= 5.0.18 - IP Address Spoofing to Protection Mechanism Bypass
CVSS Score
6.5
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
The Hide My WP Ghost – Security Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to IP Address Spoofing in versions up to, and including, 5.0.18. This is due to insufficient restrictions on where the IP Address information is being retrieved for request logging and login restrictions. Attackers can supply the X-Forwarded-For header with with a different IP Address that will be logged and can be used to bypass settings that may have blocked out an IP address from logging in.
| CWE | CWE-348 |
| Vendor | johndarrel |
| Product | wp ghost (hide my wp ghost) – security & firewall |
| Published | May 9, 2023 |
| Last Updated | Apr 8, 2026 |
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CVSS v3 Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
Affected Versions
johndarrel / WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) – Security & Firewall
0 ≤ 5.0.18
References
wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4cf89f94-587a-4fed-a6e4-3876b7dbc9ba?source=cve plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hide-my-wp/tags/5.0.18/models/Brute.php#L131 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hide-my-wp/trunk/models/Brute.php#L132
Credits
Mohammadreza Rashidi