CVE-2025-2056
published 2025-03-14CVE-2025-2056: The WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) – Security & Firewall plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 5.4.01 via the…
PriorityP346high7.5CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUINSUCHINAN
EPSS
0.53%
40.7th percentile
The WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) – Security & Firewall plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 5.4.01 via the showFile function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to read the contents of specific file types on the server, which can contain sensitive information.
Affected
8 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| johndarrel | wp_ghost_security_firewall | <= 5.4.01 | — |
| msrc | cbl2_libtiff_4.4.0-2_on_cbl_mariner_2.0 | — | — |
| msrc | cbl_mariner_1.0_arm | — | — |
| msrc | cbl_mariner_1.0_x64 | — | — |
| msrc | cbl_mariner_2.0_arm | — | — |
| msrc | cbl_mariner_2.0_x64 | — | — |
| msrc | cm1_libtiff_4.4.0-2_on_cbl_mariner_1.0 | — | — |
| wpplugins | hide_my_wp_ghost | < 5.4.02 | 5.4.02 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.17.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
vendor_msrc6.5MEDIUM
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GHSA
GHSA-fpqv-c47q-5w5q: The WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) – Security & Firewall plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 5
ghsa_unreviewed·2025-03-14
CVE-2025-2056 [HIGH] CWE-23 GHSA-fpqv-c47q-5w5q: The WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) – Security & Firewall plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 5
The WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) – Security & Firewall plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 5.4.01 via the showFile function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to read the contents of specific file types on the server, which can contain sensitive information.
Microsoft
Divide By Zero error in tiffcrop in libtiff 4.4.0 allows attackers to cause a denial-of-service via a crafted tiff file. For users that compile libtiff from sources the fix is available with commit f3
vendor_msrc·2022-06-14·CVSS 6.5
CVE-2022-2056 [MEDIUM] CWE-369 Divide By Zero error in tiffcrop in libtiff 4.4.0 allows attackers to cause a denial-of-service via a crafted tiff file. For users that compile libtiff from sources the fix is available with commit f3
Divide By Zero error in tiffcrop in libtiff 4.4.0 allows attackers to cause a denial-of-service via a crafted tiff file. For users that compile libtiff from sources the fix is available with commit f3a5e010.
FAQ: Is Azure Linux the only Microsoft product that includes this open-source library and is therefore potentially affected by this vulnerability?
One of the main benefits to our customers who choose to use the Azure Linux distro is the commitment to keep it up to date with the most recent and most secure versions of the open source libraries with which the distro is composed. Microsoft is committed to transparency in this work which is why we began publishing CSAF/VEX in October 2025. See this blog post for more information. If impact to additional products is identified, we will upd
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2025-03-14
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