CVE-2026-89051CWE-79cross-site-scripting

CVE-2026-89051

High · published October 16, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.2
EPSS
0%
Percentile
8.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

The WP Ghost (Hide My WP Ghost) – Security & Firewall plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'replaceHeadersAndTags' function in versions up to, and including, 7.0.12 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user clicks on the injected link.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.2 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00190 · 8.2th percentile
Weakness
CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Published
2026-10-16T10:17Z
References (2)
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&new=3745418%40hide-my-wp%2Ftags%2F7.0.13&old=3726247%40hide-my-wp%2Ftags%2F7.0.12 · [email protected]https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/94724ff1-d3a7-4d9d-9423-a0e795360c95?source=cve · [email protected]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 17 OCT 03:34Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 16 OCT 05:30Z
    Hide My WP Ghost <= 7.0.12 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment Content
    cvelistv5
  • 16 OCT 05:30Z
    Hide My WP Ghost <= 7.0.12 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment Content
    cvelistv5