Overview
- Description
- An insecure default vulnerability exists in the Post Creation functionality of Ghost Foundation Ghost 5.9.4. Default installations of Ghost allow non-administrator users to inject arbitrary Javascript in posts, which allow privilege escalation to administrator via XSS. To trigger this vulnerability, an attacker can send an HTTP request to inject Javascript in a post to trick an administrator into visiting the post.A stored XSS vulnerability exists in the `codeinjection_head` for a post.
- Source
- talos-cna@cisco.com
- NVD status
- Analyzed
Risk scores
CVSS 3.1
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 5.4
- Impact score
- 2.7
- Exploitability score
- 2.3
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Severity
- MEDIUM
CVSS 3.0
- Type
- Secondary
- Base score
- 9
- Impact score
- 6
- Exploitability score
- 2.3
- Vector string
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Severity
- CRITICAL
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Configurations
[
{
"nodes": [
{
"negate": false,
"cpeMatch": [
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:ghost:ghost:5.9.4:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "83AD75D8-518F-4F53-98F0-8AFA3F7B18D9"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
]