Open Redirect in Johndarrel Hide My Wp Ghost – Security & Firewall
CVE-2026-7527
The WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) – Security & Firewall plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Open Redirect in all versions up to, and including, 7.0.02. This is due to the plugin not properly validating user input. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to redirect users to potentially malicious sites if they can successfully trick them into clicking on a specially crafted link. Exploitation requires tricking a logged-in user into clicking a crafted logout URL; the victim is fully logged out via wp_logout() before the malicious redirect is issued, making the logout irreversible as part of the attack chain.
Vulnerability class: Open Redirect
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 4.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (33.8th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 34th percentile — 33.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/bd88ebd2-5584-4886-9c85-39a22…
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hide-my-wp/trunk/models/Rewrite.php
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hide-my-wp/tags/7.0.01/models/Rewrite.php
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hide-my-wp/trunk/models/Rewrite.php
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hide-my-wp/tags/7.0.01/models/Rewrite.php
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hide-my-wp/tags/5.5.02/models/Rewrite.php
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hide-my-wp/tags/5.5.02/models/Rewrite.php
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3556343
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-7527?
- CVE-2026-7527 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Johndarrel Hide My Wp Ghost – Security & Firewall, classified under URL Redirection to Untrusted Site (Open Redirect). CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2026-09-19.
- How severe is CVE-2026-7527?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.