Hide My WP Ghost Plugin up to 7.0.10 on WordPress protection mechanism

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Hide My WP Ghost Plugin up to 7.0.10 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to protection mechanism. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2026-86800. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Hide My WP Ghost Plugin up to 7.0.10. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a protection mechanism vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-693. The product does not use or incorrectly uses a protection mechanism that provides sufficient defense against directed attacks against the product. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

The Hide My WP Ghost WordPress plugin before 7.0.11 does not properly validate a loopback security-check request before disabling its login and URL hiding protection, dropping that protection precisely when the request's verification value is missing or incorrect, which any visitor can arrange, allowing unauthenticated attackers to re-expose the concealed WordPress login page location.

It is possible to read the advisory at wpscan.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-86800 since 09/08/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

Upgrading to version 7.0.11 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2026-82686). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.2

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 5.3
CNA Vector (WPScan): 🔒

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Protection mechanism
CWE: CWE-693
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

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Upgrade: Hide My WP Ghost Plugin 7.0.11

Timelineinfo

09/08/2026 CVE reserved
09/18/2026 +10 days Advisory disclosed
09/18/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
09/18/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wpscan.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-86800 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-86800
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-407375
EUVD: 🔒

Entryinfo

Created: 09/18/2026 08:47
Updated: 09/18/2026 09:32
Changes: 09/18/2026 08:47 (63), 09/18/2026 09:32 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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