Vulnerability · Published Jan 19, 2023 · Assigned by talos
CVE-2022-47196
Critical 9.0
In plain English
A critical-severity security flaw in Ghost from Ghost Foundation. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.7% (higher than 53% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
An insecure default vulnerability exists in the Post Creation functionality of Ghost Foundation Ghost 5.9.4. Default installations of Ghost allow non-administrator users to inject arbitrary Javascript in posts, which allow privilege escalation to administrator via XSS. To trigger this vulnerability, an attacker can send an HTTP request to inject Javascript in a post to trick an administrator into visiting the post.A stored XSS vulnerability exists in the `codeinjection_head` for a post.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ghost Foundation | Ghost | 5.9.4 |
Weakness: CWE-453 · Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H