CVE-2023-40028
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-40028
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2023-40028.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2023-40028
- Aliases
- Published
- 2023-08-15T17:25:16.758Z
- Modified
- 2026-04-10T05:00:36.169367Z
- Severity
-
- 4.9 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- Arbitrary file read via symlinks in Ghost
- Details
-
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. - Database specific
{ "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/40xxx/CVE-2023-40028.json", "cna_assigner": "GitHub_M", "cwe_ids": [ "CWE-22" ] }- References
Affected packages
Git / github.com/tryghost/ghost
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/tryghost/ghost
- Events
-
Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedFixed
Affected versions
0.*
0.10.0
0.10.1
0.11.0
0.2.0
0.2.0-final
0.2.1
0.3.0
0.4.0
0.4.0-pre
0.4.0-pre2
0.4.0-pre3
0.4.2
0.4.2-rc1
0.4.2-rc2
0.5.0
0.5.0-rc1
0.5.0-rc2
0.5.0-rc3
0.5.0-rc4
0.5.10
0.5.2
0.5.2-rc1
0.5.2-rc2
0.5.3
0.5.4
0.5.5
0.5.6
0.5.7
0.5.8
0.5.9
0.6.0
0.6.1
0.6.2
0.6.3
0.6.4
0.7.0
0.7.1
0.7.2
0.7.3
0.7.4
0.7.5
0.7.6
0.7.7
0.7.8
0.7.9
0.8.0
0.9.0
0.9.0-beta.1
0.9.0-beta.2
1.*
1.0.0
1.0.0-alpha.1
1.0.0-alpha.10
1.0.0-alpha.11
1.0.0-alpha.13
1.0.0-alpha.14
1.0.0-alpha.15
1.0.0-alpha.16
1.0.0-alpha.17
1.0.0-alpha.18
1.0.0-alpha.19
1.0.0-alpha.2
1.0.0-alpha.20
1.0.0-alpha.21
1.0.0-alpha.3
1.0.0-alpha.4
1.0.0-alpha.5
1.0.0-alpha.6
1.0.0-alpha.7
1.0.0-alpha.8
1.0.0-alpha.9
1.0.0-beta.1
1.0.0-beta.2
1.0.0-rc.1
1.0.1
1.0.2
1.1.0
1.10.0
1.11.0
1.11.1
1.12.0
1.12.1
1.13.0
1.14.0
1.14.1
1.15.0
1.15.1
1.16.0
1.16.1
1.16.2
1.17.0
1.17.1
1.17.2
1.17.3
1.18.0
1.18.1
1.18.2
1.18.3
1.18.4
1.19.0
1.19.1
1.19.2
1.2.0
1.20.0
1.20.1
1.20.2
1.20.3
1.21.0
1.21.1
1.21.2
1.21.3
1.21.4
1.21.5
1.21.6
1.21.7
1.22.0
1.22.1
1.22.2
1.22.3
1.22.4
1.22.5
1.22.6
1.22.7
1.22.8
1.23.0
1.23.1
1.24.0
1.24.1
1.24.2
1.24.3
1.24.4
1.24.5
1.24.6
1.24.7
1.24.8
1.24.9
1.25.0
1.25.1
1.25.2
1.25.3
1.25.4
1.25.5
1.3.0
1.4.0
1.5.0
1.5.1
1.5.2
1.6.0
1.6.1
1.6.2
1.7.0
1.7.1
1.8.0
1.8.1
1.8.2
1.8.3
1.8.4
1.8.5
1.8.6
1.8.7
1.9.0
1.9.1
2.*
2.0.0
2.0.1
2.0.2
2.0.3
2.1.0
2.1.1
2.1.2
2.1.3
2.1.4
2.10.0
2.10.1
2.10.2
2.11.0
2.11.1
2.12.0
2.13.0
2.13.1
2.13.2
2.14.0
2.14.1
2.14.2
2.14.3
2.15.0
2.16.0
2.16.1
2.16.2
2.16.3
2.16.4
2.17.0
2.17.1
2.17.2
2.18.0
2.18.1
2.18.2
2.18.3
2.19.0
2.19.1
2.19.2
2.19.3
2.19.4
2.2.0
2.2.1
2.2.2
2.2.3
2.2.4
2.20.0
2.20.1
2.21.0
2.21.1
2.22.0
2.22.1
2.22.2
2.22.3
2.23.0
2.23.1
2.23.2
2.23.3
2.23.4
2.24.0
2.25.0
2.25.1
2.25.2
2.25.3
2.25.4
2.25.5
2.25.6
2.25.7
2.25.8
2.25.9
2.26.0
2.27.0
2.28.0
2.28.1
2.29.0
2.29.1
2.3.0
2.30.0
2.30.1
2.30.2
2.31.0
2.31.1
2.32.0
2.33.0
2.34.0
2.35.0
2.36.0
2.37.0
2.4.0
2.5.0
2.6.0
2.6.1
2.6.2
2.7.0
2.7.1
2.8.0
2.9.0
2.9.1
3.*
3.0.0
3.0.1
3.0.2
3.0.3
3.1.0
3.1.1
3.10.0
3.11.0
3.12.0
3.12.1
3.13.0
3.13.1
3.13.2
3.13.3
3.13.4
3.14.0
3.15.0
3.15.1
3.15.2
3.15.3
3.16.0
3.16.1
3.17.0
3.17.1
3.18.0
3.18.1
3.19.0
3.19.1
3.19.2
3.2.0
3.20.0
3.20.1
3.20.2
3.20.3
3.21.0
3.22.0
3.22.1
3.23.0
3.23.1
3.24.0
3.25.0
3.26.0
3.26.1
3.27.0
3.28.0
3.29.0
3.29.1
3.3.0
3.30.0
3.30.1
3.31.0
3.31.1
3.31.2
3.31.3
3.32.0
3.32.1
3.33.0
3.34.0
3.35.0
3.35.1
3.35.2
3.35.3
3.35.4
3.35.5
3.36.0
3.37.0
3.37.1
3.38.0
3.38.1
3.39.0
3.4.0
3.40.0
3.40.1
3.40.2
3.40.3
3.40.4
3.40.5
3.41.0
3.41.1
3.41.2
3.41.3
3.5.0
3.5.1
3.5.2
3.6.0
3.7.0
3.8.0
3.9.0
4.*
4.0.0-alpha.0
4.0.0-alpha.1
4.0.0-alpha.2
4.0.0-alpha.3
4.0.0-rc.0
@tryghost/admin-x-settings@0.*
@tryghost/admin-x-settings@0.0.2
@tryghost/admin-x-settings@0.0.3
@tryghost/admin-x-settings@0.0.4
@tryghost/admin-x-settings@0.0.5
@tryghost/admin-x-settings@0.0.6
@tryghost/admin-x-settings@0.0.7
@tryghost/admin-x-settings@0.0.8
@tryghost/announcement-bar@1.*
@tryghost/announcement-bar@1.1.6
@tryghost/announcement-bar@1.1.7
@tryghost/portal@2.*
@tryghost/portal@2.13.2
@tryghost/portal@2.14.0
@tryghost/portal@2.16.0
@tryghost/portal@2.17.0
@tryghost/portal@2.18.0
@tryghost/portal@2.19.3
@tryghost/portal@2.19.5
@tryghost/portal@2.19.6
@tryghost/portal@2.19.7
@tryghost/portal@2.19.8
@tryghost/portal@2.19.9
@tryghost/portal@2.20.0
@tryghost/portal@2.20.1
@tryghost/portal@2.20.2
@tryghost/portal@2.20.3
@tryghost/portal@2.21.0
@tryghost/portal@2.22.0
@tryghost/portal@2.23.0
@tryghost/portal@2.24.0
@tryghost/portal@2.24.1
@tryghost/portal@2.25.0
@tryghost/portal@2.26.0
@tryghost/portal@2.27.0
@tryghost/portal@2.28.0
@tryghost/portal@2.28.1
@tryghost/portal@2.29.0
@tryghost/portal@2.29.1
@tryghost/portal@2.29.2
@tryghost/portal@2.29.3
@tryghost/portal@2.30.0
@tryghost/portal@2.30.1
@tryghost/portal@2.31.0
@tryghost/portal@2.31.1
@tryghost/portal@2.31.2
@tryghost/portal@2.32.0
@tryghost/portal@2.33.0
@tryghost/portal@2.33.1
@tryghost/portal@2.33.2
@tryghost/portal@2.33.3
@tryghost/portal@2.33.4
@tryghost/signup-form@0.*
@tryghost/signup-form@0.0.1
@tryghost/signup-form@0.0.3
@tryghost/signup-form@0.1.0
@tryghost/signup-form@0.1.1
@tryghost/signup-form@0.1.2
@tryghost/signup-form@0.1.3
Other
backbone-admin
fancyFirstChar
v4.*
v4.0.0
v4.0.0-rc.1
v4.0.0-rc.2
v4.0.0-rc.3
v4.0.1
v4.1.0
v4.1.1
v4.1.2
v4.10.0
v4.15.0
v4.16.0
v4.17.0
v4.18.0
v4.19.0
v4.2.0
v4.20.0
v4.20.1
v4.21.0
v4.22.0
v4.22.2
v4.22.4
v4.24.0
v4.25.1
v4.26.0
v4.27.0
v4.27.1
v4.27.2
v4.28.0
v4.29.0
v4.3.0
v4.30.0
v4.30.1
v4.31.0
v4.32.0
v4.32.1
v4.32.3
v4.33.0
v4.34.0
v4.35.0
v4.36.0
v4.36.2
v4.37.0
v4.38.0
v4.39.0
v4.4.0
v4.40.0
v4.41.0
v4.41.3
v4.42.0
v4.43.0
v4.44.0
v4.45.0
v4.46.0
v4.5.0
v4.6.0
v4.6.1
v4.6.2
v4.7.0
v4.8.0
v4.9.0
v4.9.1
v5.*
v5.0.0
v5.0.1
v5.1.0
v5.1.1
v5.10.0
v5.11.0
v5.12.0
v5.12.1
v5.13.0
v5.14.0
v5.15.0
v5.16.0
v5.17.0
v5.18.0
v5.19.0
v5.2.0
v5.2.1
v5.2.2
v5.2.3
v5.20.0
v5.21.0
v5.22.10
v5.22.6
v5.23.0
v5.24.0
v5.25.0
v5.25.3
v5.25.5
v5.26.0
v5.26.1
v5.26.2
v5.26.3
v5.26.4
v5.27.0
v5.28.0
v5.3.0
v5.30.0
v5.30.1
v5.31.0
v5.33.0
v5.34.0
v5.35.0
v5.36.0
v5.37.0
v5.38.0
v5.39.0
v5.4.0
v5.40.0
v5.40.1
v5.41.0
v5.42.0
v5.42.2
v5.43.0
v5.44.0
v5.45.0
v5.45.1
v5.46.0
v5.47.0
v5.47.1
v5.48.0
v5.49.1
v5.49.3
v5.5.0
v5.51.0
v5.52.0
v5.53.0
v5.53.1
v5.53.3
v5.54.0
v5.54.1
v5.54.2
v5.55.0
v5.56.0
v5.57.0
v5.58.0
v5.59.0
v5.6.0
v5.7.0
v5.7.1
v5.8.0
v5.8.1
v5.8.2
v5.8.3
v5.9.0
v5.9.1
v5.9.2
v5.9.3
v5.9.4