CVE-2022-41654
An authentication bypass vulnerability exists in the newsletter subscription functionality of Ghost Foundation Ghost 5.9.4.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 18.9%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
An authentication bypass vulnerability exists in the newsletter subscription functionality of Ghost Foundation Ghost 5.9.4. A specially-crafted HTTP request can lead to increased privileges. An attacker can send an HTTP request to trigger this vulnerability.
- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 18.91% probability · 97th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-284
- Affected
- ghost/ghost
- Source
- talos-cna@cisco.com
EPSS 18.9% since 3 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/security/advisories/GHSA-9gh8-wp53-ccc6Third Party Advisory
- https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2022-1624Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/security/advisories/GHSA-9gh8-wp53-ccc6Third Party Advisory
- https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2022-1624Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.