Improper Access Control Affecting ghost package, versions >=4.46.0 <5.89.5


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.05% (19th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JS-GHOST-7723929
  • published 21 Aug 2024
  • disclosed 20 Aug 2024
  • credit 1337Nerd

How to fix?

Upgrade ghost to version 5.89.5 or higher.

Overview

ghost is a publishing platform

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Access Control via some endpoints used for member actions. An attacker can perform member-only actions and read member information by exploiting the improper authentication mechanism.

References

CVSS Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
6.9 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Attack Requirements (AT)
    None
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Confidentiality (VC)
    Low
  • Integrity (VI)
    None
  • Availability (VA)
    None
  • Confidentiality (SC)
    None
  • Integrity (SI)
    None
  • Availability (SA)
    None