# CVE-2026-86796: Hide My WP Ghost firewall bypass via WooCommerce parameter

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-86796-hide-my-wp-ghost-firewall-bypass-via-woocommerce-parameter  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2026-09-18. Updated: 2026-09-26  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2026-86796 · Severity: medium · CVSS 5.3 · Published 2026-09-18

Hide My WP Ghost is a WordPress plugin that protects websites by concealing admin and login URLs and activating firewall and threat-detection rules. The plugin fails to verify that requests are genuine WooCommerce requests before disabling these protections, allowing unauthenticated attackers to simply add a request parameter to bypass the firewall, expose hidden URLs, and potentially gain unauthorized access to the admin panel.

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2026-86796 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-86796 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2026-86796?** Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 5.3, published 18 September 2026.

**Which products and versions are affected?** WP Ghost Hide My WP Ghost before 7.0.11.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2026-86796?** A patch was published on 2026-09-16: Fixed in version 7.0.11 Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**How is CVE-2026-86796 attacked?** It is attacked over the network, in a software library.

**Am I affected by CVE-2026-86796?** Check whether anything you run is named in the advisory. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## Technical details

The vulnerability is an authentication/request validation bypass in Hide My WP Ghost versions before 7.0.11. The plugin accepts an attacker-supplied WooCommerce request parameter and, without verifying the legitimacy of the request, disables its firewall, threat-detection, and login/URL-hiding protections. This is a broken access control vulnerability triggered by the mere presence of a request parameter. No authentication is required and the attack is network-accessible; an attacker can craft a malicious request to any page on the site with the spoofed parameter to re-expose the concealed login and admin URLs. The fix is available in version 7.0.11.

## Affected products

- WP Ghost Hide My WP Ghost before 7.0.11

## Timeline

- 2026-09-16: disclosed
- 2026-09-18: advisory
- 2026-09-16: patched: Fixed in version 7.0.11

## References

- [https://wordpress.org/plugins](https://wordpress.org/plugins)
- [https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/38baa866-c8a3-4c92-b7c8-8485e7c2a9b0/](https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/38baa866-c8a3-4c92-b7c8-8485e7c2a9b0/)