Vulnerability · Published Jan 19, 2023 · Assigned by talos

CVE-2022-47197

Critical 9.0

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A critical-severity security flaw in Ghost from Ghost Foundation. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.0% (higher than 64% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.0)9.0Critical

Exploit odds (30 days)1.0%top 36.3% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

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_foot` 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

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Affected products (as reported)

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