Authentication Bypass Affecting ghost package, versions <0.5.9


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

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  • Snyk ID npm:ghost:20150303-3
  • 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 a blogging platform. Affected versions of the package are vulnerable to Authentication Bypass via Privilege Reduction. An attacker can change the privileges of other users, and update their email.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

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