WordPress Hide My WP Ghost Plugin <= 5.4.01 is vulnerable to a medium priority Arbitrary File Download

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<= 5.4.01Vulnerable version(s)
5.4.02Fixed version
WordPress plugin
No VDP
30 Jan, 2026

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Risks

CVSS 7.5

This vulnerability is moderately dangerous and expected to become exploited.

Note by Patchstack

Due to the specific nature of this vulnerability, no virtual patch can be assigned to it.

7.5

Arbitrary File Download

This could allow a malicious actor to download any file from your website. This includes but is not limited to files that contain login credentials or backup files.

CVSS score is a way to evaluate and rank reported vulnerabilities in a standardized and repeatable way but which is not ideal for WordPress.

Solutions

We advise to mitigate or resolve the vulnerability immediately.

Update to version 5.4.02 or later.

Update to version 5.4.02 or later to resolve the vulnerability. Patchstack users can turn on auto-update for vulnerable plugins only.

Details

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WordPress plugin
No VDP

Timeline

Early warning sent out to Patchstack customers

30 Jan, 2026

Published by Patchstack

30 Jan, 2026

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