Description
The WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) – Security & Firewall plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'replaceHeadersAndTags' function in versions up to, and including, 7.0.12 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user clicks on the injected link.
Published: 2026-10-16
Score: 7.2 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
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Fri, 16 Oct 2026 05:45:00 +0000

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Description The WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) – Security & Firewall plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'replaceHeadersAndTags' function in versions up to, and including, 7.0.12 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user clicks on the injected link.
Title Hide My WP Ghost <= 7.0.12 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment Content
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-16T05:30:25.377Z

Reserved: 2026-09-10T17:14:06.242Z

Link: CVE-2026-89051

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-16T06:17:12.167

Modified: 2026-10-16T06:17:12.167

Link: CVE-2026-89051

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Weaknesses
  • CWE-79

    Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')