Medium severity4.7NVD Advisory· Published Sep 19, 2026· Updated Sep 21, 2026
CVE-2026-7527
CVE-2026-7527
Description
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.
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Affected products
1- Range: <=7.0.02
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
8- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hide-my-wp/tags/5.5.02/models/Rewrite.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hide-my-wp/tags/5.5.02/models/Rewrite.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hide-my-wp/tags/7.0.01/models/Rewrite.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hide-my-wp/tags/7.0.01/models/Rewrite.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hide-my-wp/trunk/models/Rewrite.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hide-my-wp/trunk/models/Rewrite.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3556343nvd
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/bd88ebd2-5584-4886-9c85-39a225cd00e9nvd
News mentions
1- Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (September 14, 2026 to September 20, 2026)Wordfence Blog · Sep 24, 2026