Arbitrary File Read Affecting ghost package, versions <5.59.1
Threat Intelligence
Exploit Maturity
Proof of concept
EPSS
0.07% (31st
percentile)
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- published 16 Aug 2023
- disclosed 15 Aug 2023
- credit ixSly
Introduced: 15 Aug 2023
CVE-2023-40028 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade ghost to version 5.59.1 or higher.
Overview
ghost is a publishing platform
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary File Read which allows authenticated users to upload files that are symlinks. This can be exploited to perform an arbitrary file read of any file on the host operating system.
Note:
Site administrators can check for exploitation of this issue by looking for unknown symlinks within Ghost's content/ folder.
References
CVSS Scores
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