Hide My WP Ghost – Security & Firewall <= 5.3.02 - Unauthenticated Login Page Disclosure

2025-02-11 00:00

Nicholas Mun (NRockhouse)

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 5.4.01

Affected PluginWP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) – Security & Firewall

Affected Version<= 5.3.02

CVSS5.3Medium

CVECVE-2024-13794

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Vulnerability Overview

The WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) – Security & Firewall plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Login Page Dislcosure in all versions up to, and including, 5.3.02. This is due to the plugin not properly restricting the /wp-register.php path. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to discover the hidden login page location.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 5.4.01, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-693 (Protection Mechanism Failure) The product does not use or incorrectly uses a protection mechanism that provides sufficient defense against directed attacks against the product.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-13794 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9effa526-7454-4490-9bf4-0605254d6625

CVSS Vector

5.3

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityNone

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