Vulnerability · Published Jul 31, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

CVE-2026-25552Ghost CLI < 1.30.1 IP Spoofing via X-Forwarded-For Header

Low 3.7

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A low-severity security flaw in Ghost-CLI from TryGhost. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 13% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)3.7Low

Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 86.7% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Ghost CLI before 1.30.1 contains an IP spoofing vulnerability that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to bypass rate-limiting controls by manipulating the X-Forwarded-For header through a misconfigured Nginx configuration. Attackers can append attacker-controlled values to the header chain using the $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for directive to present an arbitrary IP address, circumventing Ghost's rate-limiting mechanisms on self-hosted instances.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
TryGhost	Ghost-CLI	0 – before 1.30.1

Weakness: CWE-348 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

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Affected products (as reported)

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