CVE-2024-23724
Ghost through 5.76.0 allows stored XSS, and resultant privilege escalation in which a contributor can take over any account, via an SVG profile picture that contains JavaScript code to interact with the API on localhost TCP port 3001.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.48%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Ghost through 5.76.0 allows stored XSS, and resultant privilege escalation in which a contributor can take over any account, via an SVG profile picture that contains JavaScript code to interact with the API on localhost TCP port 3001. NOTE: The discoverer reports that "The vendor does not view this as a valid vector."
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.0 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 3.48% probability · 88th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- ghost/ghost
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://github.com/RhinoSecurityLabs/CVEs/tree/master/CVE-2024-23724Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/pull/19646Patch
- https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/blog/Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/RhinoSecurityLabs/CVEs/tree/master/CVE-2024-23724Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/pull/19646Patch
- https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/blog/Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.