Known vulnerabilities in WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) – Security & Firewall

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11Reported vulnerabilities

9.8Highest CVSS score

7.0.09Latest version

100,000+Active installs

What to do now

Update WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) – Security & Firewall to 7.0.05 or later. 11 of these have a fixed version available. Updating resolves them.

Plugin last updated: August 17, 2026 / Tested up to WordPress: 7.1 / View on wordpress.org

Reported vulnerabilities

Ordered by how urgently they need attention — whether a vulnerability is actually being exploited, and how likely exploitation is, rather than CVSS severity alone.

CVE	Severity	Exploit probability next 30 days	Affected versions	Fixed in	Published
CVE-2022-4681	Critical 9.8	3.8%	Before 6.2.9	`6.2.9`	February 6, 2023
CVE-2021-36916	Critical 9.8	1.8%	6.2.3 and earlier	`6.2.4`	November 24, 2021
CVE-2021-36917	High 7.5	1.9%	6.2.3 and earlier	`6.2.4`	November 24, 2021
CVE-2025-26909	Critical 9.8	0.7%	5.4.01 and earlier	`5.4.02`	March 19, 2025
CVE-2025-2056	High 7.5	0.6%	Before 5.4.02	`5.4.02`	March 14, 2025
CVE-2022-4537	Medium 6.5	0.3%	5.0.18 and earlier	`5.0.20`	May 9, 2023
CVE-2024-10825	Medium 6.1	0.3%	Before 5.3.02	`5.3.02`	November 15, 2024
CVE-2026-11870	Medium 5.3	0.2%	Before 7.0.05	`7.0.05`	August 4, 2026
CVE-2023-34001	Medium 5.3	0.5%	Before 5.0.26	`5.0.26`	June 4, 2024
CVE-2026-39484	Medium 4.7	0.2%	Before 7.0.00	`7.0.00`	March 18, 2026
CVE-2026-59546	Medium 4.3	0.4%	7.0.06 and earlier	`7.0.07`	July 23, 2026

Sources: vulnerability records from NVD, exploitation from CISA KEV, exploit probability from EPSS. Affected versions come from CPE ranges or from the reporting CNA.