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Fencer Vulns
high 8.8

CVE-2026-24778 json

Ghost vulnerable to XSS via malicious Portal preview links

published 2026-01-27 9 mo ago modified 2026-09-10 59 d ago also BIT-ghost-2026-24778 , EUVD-2026-4713 , GHSA-gv6q-2m97-882h

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 21%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Ghost is an open source content management system. In Ghost versions 5.43.0 through 5.12.04 and 6.0.0 through 6.14.0, an attacker was able to craft a malicious link that, when accessed by an authenticated staff user or member, would execute JavaScript with the victim's permissions, potentially leading to account takeover. Ghost Portal versions 2.29.1 through 2.51.4 and 2.52.0 through 2.57.0 were vulnerable to this issue. Ghost automatically loads the latest patch of the members Portal component via CDN. For Ghost 5.x users, upgrading to v5.121.0 or later fixes the vulnerability. v5.121.0 loads Portal v2.51.5, which contains the patch. For Ghost 6.x users, upgrading to v6.15.0 or later fixes the vulnerability. v6.15.0 loads Portal v2.57.1, which contains the patch. For Ghost installations using a customized or self-hosted version of Portal, it will be necessary to manually rebuild from or update to the latest patch version.

Patch / fix

  • npm ghost 5.121.0, 6.15.0
  • npm @tryghost/portal 2.51.5, 2.57.1
  • bitnami ghost 5.121.0, 6.15.0
  • ghost ghost 5.121.0, 6.15.0
  • ghost portal 2.51.5, 2.57.1

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
9 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 21% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
GitHub 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
OSV 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
npm ghost
>=5.43.0, <5.121.0
>=6.0.0, <6.15.0
5.121.0
6.15.0
npm @tryghost/portal
>=2.29.1, <2.51.5
>=2.52.0, <2.57.1
2.51.5
2.57.1
bitnami ghost
>=5.43.0, <5.121.0
>=6.0.0, <6.15.0
5.121.0
6.15.0

Affected products

  • TryGhost Ghost

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

Sources

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