# CVE-2026-86800: Hide My WP Ghost WordPress plugin authentication bypass

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-86800-hide-my-wp-ghost-wordpress-plugin-authentication-bypass  
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-2026-86800 · Severity: medium · CVSS 5.3 · Published 2026-09-18

Hide My WP Ghost is a WordPress plugin that conceals the location of the WordPress login page and other sensitive URLs to prevent brute-force attacks. A vulnerability in versions before 7.0.11 allows attackers to bypass the security checks protecting this hidden login page by submitting a specially crafted loopback verification request with incorrect or missing credentials, re-exposing the concealed login URL to anyone visiting the site.

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2026-86800 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-86800 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2026-86800?** 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-2026-86800?** A patch was published on 2026-09-?: Version 7.0.11 contains the fix Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**How is CVE-2026-86800 attacked?** It is attacked over the network, in a software library.

**Am I affected by CVE-2026-86800?** 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 bypass in the plugin's loopback security-check mechanism. The plugin fails to properly validate the verification token on requests that are intended to check server connectivity from the local machine; an attacker can trigger these checks with invalid or missing verification values, causing the plugin to temporarily disable its login and URL hiding protection. This is a logic flaw in the security check conditional, allowing unauthenticated, network-reachable attackers to re-expose the hidden WordPress login page location. The vulnerability was patched in version 7.0.11.

## Affected products

- WP Ghost Hide My WP Ghost before 7.0.11

## Timeline

- 2026-09-16: disclosed
- 2026-09-?: patched: Version 7.0.11 contains the fix

## References

- [https://wordpress.org/plugins](https://wordpress.org/plugins)
- [https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/01772455-89fe-4bcd-b3b7-c29b8646679d/](https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/01772455-89fe-4bcd-b3b7-c29b8646679d/)