{"id":"CVE-2023-40028","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2023-40028","generatedAt":"2026-11-04T23:01:29.114Z","title":"Versions prior to 5.59.1 are subject to a vulnerability which allows authenticated users to upload files that are symlinks.","description":"Ghost is an open source content management system. Versions prior to 5.59.1 are subject to a vulnerability which allows authenticated users to upload files that are symlinks. This can be exploited to perform an arbitrary file read of any file on the host operating system. Site administrators can check for exploitation of this issue by looking for unknown symlinks within Ghost's `content/` folder. Version 5.59.1 contains a fix for this issue. All users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.","published":"2023-08-15T18:15:11.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T06:15:50.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security-advisories@github.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-22","CWE-59"],"affected":["ghost/ghost"],"epss":{"score":0.68954,"percentile":0.99352,"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":52409,"kind":"exploit","title":"Ghost CMS 5.59.1 - Arbitrary File Read","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/52409","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/multiple/webapps/52409.py","file":"exploits/multiple/webapps/52409.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-2023-40028"],"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 69.0%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/commit/690fbf3f7302ff3f77159c0795928bdd20f41205","tags":["Patch"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/security/advisories/GHSA-9c9v-w225-v5rg","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/commit/690fbf3f7302ff3f77159c0795928bdd20f41205","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/security/advisories/GHSA-9c9v-w225-v5rg","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-40028","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."}