GHSA-pr22-p9rp-2cqv

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Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pr22-p9rp-2cqv
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/08/GHSA-pr22-p9rp-2cqv/GHSA-pr22-p9rp-2cqv.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-pr22-p9rp-2cqv
Aliases
Published
2026-08-05T14:40:15Z
Modified
2026-08-17T08:11:00Z
Severity
  • 4.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L CVSS Calculator
Summary
Ghost: Cross-Site Scripting in Feature Image Captions
Details

Impact

An input validation issue allowed any staff user to create a post with content that could be used to hijack another staff user's Ghost Admin session resulting in privilege escalation.

Vulnerable versions

This vulnerability is present in Ghost from v4.9.0 up to v6.54.0.

Patches

v6.54.1 contains a fix for this issue.

How to update

For self-hosters using Docker, find Docker's official Ghost image here. Updating a Docker-based Ghost instance is documented here.

If your Ghost is a Ghost-CLI install see our documentation on updating it to the latest version here.

References

Ghost thanks Versa for disclosing this vulnerability responsibly.

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, email Ghost at security@ghost.org.

Database specific
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    "cwe_ids": [
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    "github_reviewed_at": "2026-08-05T14:40:15Z",
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    "severity": "MODERATE"
}
References

Affected packages

npm / ghost

Package

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
4.9.0
Fixed
6.54.1

Database specific

source
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