{"id":"CVE-2026-104412","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-104412","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T01:01:31.097Z","title":"Ghost 0.5.0 before 6.64.0 does not correctly restrict staff role assignment, allowing users with the Editor or Super Editor role to assign their own role to other staff despite lacking permission to do so.","description":"Ghost 0.5.0 before 6.64.0 does not correctly restrict staff role assignment, allowing users with the Editor or Super Editor role to assign their own role to other staff despite lacking permission to do so. An authenticated Editor or Super Editor can promote Author and Contributor users to Editor or Super Editor.","published":"2026-10-02T12:17:11.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-06T03:17:00.000Z","status":"Deferred","sourceIdentifier":"disclosure@vulncheck.com","cvss":{"version":"4.0","score":5.3,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M"},"cwe":["CWE-269"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00192,"percentile":0.08796,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[{"date":"2026-10-03","score":0.00192,"percentile":0.08034}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.19%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[{"kind":"new","label":"New CVE","at":"2026-10-02T12:17:11.000Z","detail":{"score":"5.3","severity":"MEDIUM","publishedAt":"2026-10-02T12:17:10.840Z"},"summary":"New CVE, medium severity (CVSS 5.3)."}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/security/advisories/GHSA-4pvx-fwjj-8gpc","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ghost-0.5.0-before-6.64.0-privilege-escalation-via-staff-role-assignment","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-104412","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."}