Information Exposure Affecting ghost package, versions <0.5.9


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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  • Snyk ID npm:ghost:20150303
  • published 30 May 2017
  • disclosed 2 Mar 2015
  • credit Matteo Beccaro

How to fix?

Upgrade ghost to version 0.5.9 or higher.

Overview

ghost is Just a blogging platform. Affected versions of the package are vulnerable to Bearer token leakage, due to storing it in the localStorage of the browser. If used alongside a Cross-site Scripting (XSS) attack, a malicious user may hijack the user session.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

5.1 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    Low
  • Integrity (I)
    Low
  • Availability (A)
    None