CVE-2026-86796: CWE-693 Protection Mechanism Failure in Hide My WP Ghost
The Hide My WP Ghost WordPress plugin before 7.0.11 does not verify that a request is a genuine WooCommerce request before disabling its firewall, threat-detection and login/URL-hiding protections, treating the mere presence of an attacker-suppliable request parameter as sufficient, which allows unauthenticated attackers to disable those protections and re-expose the concealed login and admin URLs on any request.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The Hide My WP Ghost plugin before version 7.0.11 contains a protection mechanism failure (CWE-693) where it does not properly verify WooCommerce requests before disabling security features such as firewall and login/URL-hiding protections. An attacker can exploit this by including a specific request parameter, causing the plugin to disable these protections and reveal previously concealed admin and login URLs without authentication.
Potential Impact
An unauthenticated attacker can disable key security protections of the Hide My WP Ghost plugin, including firewall and login/URL-hiding features. This leads to the re-exposure of concealed login and admin URLs, which could increase the risk of further attacks targeting these endpoints. The confidentiality impact is low, with no integrity or availability impact reported.
Mitigation Recommendations
A fix is available in Hide My WP Ghost version 7.0.11. Users should upgrade to version 7.0.11 or later to remediate this vulnerability. No additional mitigation is required if the plugin is updated.
CVE-2026-86796: CWE-693 Protection Mechanism Failure in Hide My WP Ghost
Description
The Hide My WP Ghost WordPress plugin before 7.0.11 does not verify that a request is a genuine WooCommerce request before disabling its firewall, threat-detection and login/URL-hiding protections, treating the mere presence of an attacker-suppliable request parameter as sufficient, which allows unauthenticated attackers to disable those protections and re-expose the concealed login and admin URLs on any request.
CVSS v3.1
Score 5.3medium
Affected software
Hide My WP Ghost
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
The Hide My WP Ghost plugin before version 7.0.11 contains a protection mechanism failure (CWE-693) where it does not properly verify WooCommerce requests before disabling security features such as firewall and login/URL-hiding protections. An attacker can exploit this by including a specific request parameter, causing the plugin to disable these protections and reveal previously concealed admin and login URLs without authentication.
Potential Impact
An unauthenticated attacker can disable key security protections of the Hide My WP Ghost plugin, including firewall and login/URL-hiding features. This leads to the re-exposure of concealed login and admin URLs, which could increase the risk of further attacks targeting these endpoints. The confidentiality impact is low, with no integrity or availability impact reported.
Mitigation Recommendations
A fix is available in Hide My WP Ghost version 7.0.11. Users should upgrade to version 7.0.11 or later to remediate this vulnerability. No additional mitigation is required if the plugin is updated.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- WPScan
- Date Reserved
- 2026-09-08T12:13:06.314Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6aacde7455bf5e2cf5a0355f
Added to database: 09/18/2026, 06:47:16 UTC
Last enriched: 09/18/2026, 07:01:47 UTC
Last updated: 09/19/2026, 03:07:18 UTC
Views: 17
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