CVE-2026-7527: CWE-601 URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect') in johndarrel Hide My WP Ghost – Security & Firewall
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.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2026-7527 is an open redirect vulnerability (CWE-601) in the Hide My WP Ghost – Security & Firewall WordPress plugin. The plugin fails to properly validate user input in the logout URL, enabling unauthenticated attackers to craft URLs that log out a user and then redirect them to an untrusted external site. This affects all versions up to and including 7.0.02. Exploitation requires social engineering to get a logged-in user to click the malicious link. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 4.7 (medium severity) with network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required, scope changed, no confidentiality impact, low integrity impact, and no availability impact.
Potential Impact
An attacker can cause a logged-in user to be logged out and redirected to a potentially malicious website. This can be used to facilitate phishing or other social engineering attacks. There is no direct confidentiality or availability impact, but the integrity of the user session is affected due to forced logout and redirection.
Mitigation Recommendations
No official patch or fix is currently indicated in the provided data. Users should check the vendor's advisory for updates. Until a fix is available, users should be cautious about clicking logout URLs from untrusted sources. Implementing additional validation or URL filtering on the logout parameter may help mitigate risk.
CVE-2026-7527: CWE-601 URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect') in johndarrel Hide My WP Ghost – Security & Firewall
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.
CVSS v3.1
Score 4.7medium
Affected software
johndarrel
Hide My WP Ghost – Security & Firewall
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-7527 is an open redirect vulnerability (CWE-601) in the Hide My WP Ghost – Security & Firewall WordPress plugin. The plugin fails to properly validate user input in the logout URL, enabling unauthenticated attackers to craft URLs that log out a user and then redirect them to an untrusted external site. This affects all versions up to and including 7.0.02. Exploitation requires social engineering to get a logged-in user to click the malicious link. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 4.7 (medium severity) with network attack vector, low attack complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required, scope changed, no confidentiality impact, low integrity impact, and no availability impact.
Potential Impact
An attacker can cause a logged-in user to be logged out and redirected to a potentially malicious website. This can be used to facilitate phishing or other social engineering attacks. There is no direct confidentiality or availability impact, but the integrity of the user session is affected due to forced logout and redirection.
Mitigation Recommendations
No official patch or fix is currently indicated in the provided data. Users should check the vendor's advisory for updates. Until a fix is available, users should be cautious about clicking logout URLs from untrusted sources. Implementing additional validation or URL filtering on the logout parameter may help mitigate risk.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Wordfence
- Date Reserved
- 2026-04-30T17:29:33.893Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6aae3e0455bf5e2cf54897d9
Added to database: 09/19/2026, 07:47:16 UTC
Last enriched: 09/19/2026, 08:02:07 UTC
Last updated: 09/20/2026, 03:05:41 UTC
Views: 9
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