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GHSA-78X2-CWP9-5J42

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-08-20 20:04 – Updated: 2024-10-29 20:00

Summary

Ghost's improper authentication allows access to member information and actions

Details

Impact

Improper authentication on some endpoints used for member actions would allow an attacker to perform member-only actions, and read member information.

Vulnerable versions

This security vulnerability is present in Ghost v4.46.0-v5.89.5.

Ghost(Pro) customers are automatically updated to fixed versions ahead of disclosure.

If you're a self-hoster, please follow our update instructions.

Patches

v5.89.5 contains a fix for this issue.

Workarounds

Disable site membership in Ghost settings.

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:

Email us at security@ghost.org

Severity

6.5 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

6.9 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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  "modified": "2024-10-29T20:00:41Z",
  "published": "2024-08-20T20:04:49Z",
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CVE-2024-43409 (GCVE-0-2024-43409)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-08-20 15:05 – Updated: 2024-09-03 14:58

Title

Ghost's improper authentication allows access to member information and actions

Summary

Ghost is a Node.js content management system. Improper authentication on some endpoints used for member actions would allow an attacker to perform member-only actions, and read member information. This security vulnerability is present in Ghost v4.46.0-v5.89.4. v5.89.5 contains a fix for this issue.

Severity

6.5 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2024-08-21 14:32 UTC

CWE

CWE-284 - Improper Access Control

Assigner

GitHub_M mitre root Scorecard

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/security/adviso…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/commit/dac25612…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
TryGhost	Ghost	Affected: >= 4.46.0 < 5.89.5
ghost	ghost	Affected: 4.46.0 , < 5.89.5 (custom) cpe:2.3:a:ghost:ghost::::::::

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Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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