CVE-2023-40028

2023-08-1518:15:10

CWE-59

CWE-22

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ghost

cms

vulnerability

symlink

upload

nvd

cve-2023-40028

6.5 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

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

6.2 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

19.0%

JSON

Ghost is an open source content management system. Versions prior to 5.59.1 are subject to a vulnerability which allows authenticated users to upload files that are symlinks. This can be exploited to perform an arbitrary file read of any file on the host operating system. Site administrators can check for exploitation of this issue by looking for unknown symlinks within Ghost’s content/ folder. Version 5.59.1 contains a fix for this issue. All users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Affected configurations

Vulners

NVD

Node

tryghostghostRange<5.59.1

CPENameOperatorVersion
ghost:ghostghostlt5.59.1

CPE	Name	Operator	Version
ghost:ghost	ghost	lt	5.59.1

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "vendor": "TryGhost",
    "product": "Ghost",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": "< 5.59.1",
        "status": "affected"
      }
    ]
  }
]