GHSA-v3xr-g6p2-fvgv

Source

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-v3xr-g6p2-fvgv

Import Source

https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/10/GHSA-v3xr-g6p2-fvgv/GHSA-v3xr-g6p2-fvgv.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-v3xr-g6p2-fvgv

Aliases

Published

2026-10-07T20:27:46Z

Modified

2026-10-07T20:45:05Z

Severity

8.1 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator

Summary

Ghost: Stored XSS via oEmbed Photo Responses

Details

Impact

Embedding a URL from an attacker-controlled website could result in untrusted scripts being stored in post content. These scripts could run in the Ghost editor, on the published site, and in newsletter emails, possibly resulting in compromise of a staff user's admin session.

Vulnerable versions

This vulnerability is present in Ghost from v2.1.0 up to v6.64.0.

Patches

v6.64.0 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 SecBuddyF of Tencent KeenLab and Nhat Anh Vu for disclosing this vulnerability responsibly.

For more information

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

Database specific

{
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-184",
        "CWE-79"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2026-10-07T20:27:46Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-10-05T20:17:13Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
}

References

Affected packages

npm / ghost

Package

Name: ghost; View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl: pkg:npm/ghost

Affected ranges

Type: SEMVER
Events: Introduced

2.5.0

Fixed

6.64.0

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/10/GHSA-v3xr-g6p2-fvgv/GHSA-v3xr-g6p2-fvgv.json"