Hide My Wp - Security Vulnerability (CVE-2026-7527)

Q: Am I affected by this vulnerability?

You are affected if your site runs Hide My Wp. No account is needed to exploit this, so a public site is reachable by anyone.

Q: How do I fix it?

Update Hide My Wp to the latest available version. Where the vendor has not yet published a fix, remove or disable the plugin until they do. Until you can update, Request / payload inspection (WAF) in Hack Halt ProSecure contains this class of attack at the request layer.

Q: What can an attacker actually do?

This is a Open Redirect flaw. An attacker who exploits it can use your domain to send visitors to a site they control.

CVE-2026-7527

Vulnerability CVE-2026-7527 PLUGIN hide-my-wp MEDIUM

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.

CVE-2026-7527

MEDIUM CVSS 4.7 Published 2026-09-19 Updated 2026-09-21

AI Risk Elevated (56/100) Active Exploit: No strong signal Published Exploit: No public exploit references Priority: P3 Priority

Severity Band MEDIUM

CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N

Affected Components 2

Reference Links 8

AI Risk Engine Elevated (56/100)

Exploitability High

Active Exploitation No strong signal

Published Exploit Status No public exploit references

Threat Timeline

2026-09-19 CVE published and first recorded in the threat feed.
2026-09-21 Record updated with latest vulnerability metadata.
2026-09-22 AI technical context refreshed for mitigation and impact guidance.
Now Monitoring for follow-up changes, linked references, and new related CVEs.

AI Context

Machine-generated threat intelligence

AI Updated 50 days ago

AI enriched 50 days ago (2026-09-22 22:56 UTC)

Technical Summary

Potential Impact

Severity is MEDIUM (CVSS 4.7). Depending on deployment context, affected components may be exposed to unauthorized actions or data integrity risk.

Exploitability Assessment

Exploitability is assessed as High based on remote code execution potential, low-bar exploit prerequisites.

Primary risk drivers: remote code execution potential, low-bar exploit prerequisites

Mitigation Recommendations

Validate affected product versions, prioritize patching, and monitor references for vendor remediation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, apply compensating controls and limit exposure of vulnerable surfaces.

Detection & Monitoring

Track authentication anomalies, unexpected file writes, and suspicious plugin API activity around affected components.

Business Impact Lens

AI risk score 56/100 (Elevated, High) with priority P3 Priority. Prioritize remediation where affected components process customer data, admin sessions, or Internet-exposed workflows.

Affected Products

Hide My Wp PLUGIN · hide-my-wp Affected: <= 7.0.02 Fixed version not specified

WP Ghost PLUGIN · wp-ghost Affected: <= 7.0.02 Fixed version not specified

References

What to do about this

Patch promptly The consequence is significant even where an attacker needs a foothold first.

Fix it

Update Hide My Wp to the latest available version.

Where the vendor has not published a fix yet, disable the plugin until they do.

Cannot update today? Request / payload inspection (WAF) in Hack Halt ProSecure blocks this class of attack before WordPress processes the request.

Inspect request parameters and bodies for injection, traversal and file-inclusion payloads, and refuse the request rather than logging it.

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