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    CVE-2025-2056

    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.

    Published:Mar 14, 2025
    Last Modified:Apr 21, 2026
    EPS:Mar 14, 2025
    EPSS Score:0.01289
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Wpplugins
    Product
    Hide My Wp Ghost

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-23 Relative Path Traversal

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-139 Relative Path Traversal
    CAPEC-76 Manipulating Web Input to File System Calls

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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