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


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (19th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-GHOST-7723929
  • published21 Aug 2024
  • disclosed20 Aug 2024
  • credit1337Nerd

Introduced: 20 Aug 2024

CVE-2024-43409  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)

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

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