{"id":"CVE-2023-32235","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2023-32235","generatedAt":"2026-11-04T23:32:03.856Z","title":"Ghost before 5.42.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files within the active theme's folder via /assets/built%2F..%2F..%2F/ directory traversal.","description":"Ghost before 5.42.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files within the active theme's folder via /assets/built%2F..%2F..%2F/ directory traversal. This occurs in frontend/web/middleware/static-theme.js.","published":"2023-05-05T05:15:09.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T05:58:23.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-22"],"affected":["ghost/ghost"],"epss":{"score":0.39078,"percentile":0.98597,"date":"2026-11-03","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2025-08-11","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":52408,"kind":"exploit","title":"Ghost CMS 5.42.1 - Path Traversal","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/52408","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/multiple/webapps/52408.py","file":"exploits/multiple/webapps/52408.py","published":"2025-08-11","added":"2025-08-11","updated":"2025-08-11","author":"İbrahimsql","type":"webapps","platform":"multiple","port":null,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2023-32235"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 39.1%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/commit/378dd913aa8d0fd0da29b0ffced8884579598b0f","tags":["Patch"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/compare/v5.42.0...v5.42.1","tags":["Release Notes"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/commit/378dd913aa8d0fd0da29b0ffced8884579598b0f","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/compare/v5.42.0...v5.42.1","tags":["Release Notes"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-32235","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}