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.

Published 2025-03-14 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (44.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-04.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 45th percentile — 44.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: +0.000

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

www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f43db496-80ea-442c-9417-7aa03… (Third Party Advisory)
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hide-my-wp/tags/5.4.02/models/Files.php (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.