External Control of Assumed-Immutable Web Parameter Affecting ghost package, versions >=6.27.0 <6.44.0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.26% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-GHOST-17954418
  • published12 Jul 2026
  • disclosed9 Jul 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 9 Jul 2026

NewCVE-2026-59817  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-472  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade ghost to version 6.44.0 or higher.

Overview

ghost is a publishing platform

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to External Control of Assumed-Immutable Web Parameter via the donation checkout process. An attacker can obtain full paid gift memberships at a minimal cost by manipulating checkout metadata without authentication.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1