Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published May 9, 2023· Updated Apr 8, 2026
CVE-2022-4537
CVE-2022-4537
Description
The Hide My WP Ghost – Security Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to IP Address Spoofing in versions up to, and including, 5.0.18. This is due to insufficient restrictions on where the IP Address information is being retrieved for request logging and login restrictions. Attackers can supply the X-Forwarded-For header with with a different IP Address that will be logged and can be used to bypass settings that may have blocked out an IP address from logging in.
Affected products
1- cpe:2.3:a:wpplugins:hide_my_wp_ghost:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*Range: <=5.0.18
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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