ghsa-9c9v-w225-v5rg
Vulnerability from github
Published
2023-08-15 20:35
Modified
2023-08-23 17:19
Severity ?
4.9 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Summary
Ghost vulnerable to arbitrary file read via symlinks in content import
Details

Impact

A vulnerability in Ghost allows authenticated users to upload files which are symlinks. This can be exploited to perform an arbitrary file read of any file on the operating system.

Site administrators can check for exploitation of this issue by looking for unknown symlinks within Ghost's content/ folder

Vulnerable versions

This security vulnerability is present in Ghost ≤ v5.59.0.

Patches

v5.59.1 contains a fix for this issue.

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Email us at security@ghost.org

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  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "npm",
        "name": "ghost"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "5.59.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2023-40028"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-22",
      "CWE-59"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2023-08-15T20:35:20Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2023-08-15T18:15:10Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "### Impact\n\nA vulnerability in Ghost allows authenticated users to upload files which are symlinks. This can be exploited to perform an arbitrary file read of any file on the operating system.\n\nSite administrators can check for exploitation of this issue by looking for unknown symlinks within Ghost\u0027s `content/` folder\n\n### Vulnerable versions\n\nThis security vulnerability is present in Ghost \u2264 v5.59.0.\n\n### Patches\n\nv5.59.1 contains a fix for this issue.\n\n### For more information\n\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory:\n* Email us at [security@ghost.org](mailto:security@ghost.org)\n",
  "id": "GHSA-9c9v-w225-v5rg",
  "modified": "2023-08-23T17:19:50Z",
  "published": "2023-08-15T20:35:20Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/security/advisories/GHSA-9c9v-w225-v5rg"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-40028"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/commit/690fbf3f7302ff3f77159c0795928bdd20f41205"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Ghost vulnerable to arbitrary file read via symlinks in content import"
}


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