What is CVE-2025-2056?

CVE-2025-2056 is a high-severity vulnerability in Johndarrel Wp Ghost (Hide My Ghost) – Security & Firewall, classified under Relative Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2025-03-14.

How severe is CVE-2025-2056?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Johndarrel Wp Ghost (Hide My Ghost) – Security & Firewall

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.

EPSS: 0.005 (41.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Johndarrel Wp Ghost (Hide My Ghost) – Security & Firewall — versions 0
Wpplugins Hide_my_wp_ghost

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-23 — Relative Path Traversal

References

security@wordfence.com (Third Party Advisory)
security@wordfence.com (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-2056?: CVE-2025-2056 is a high-severity vulnerability in Johndarrel Wp Ghost (Hide My Ghost) – Security & Firewall, classified under Relative Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2025-03-14.
How severe is CVE-2025-2056?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.