CVE-2022-47194

MEDIUM

Ghost Foundation Ghost 5.9.4 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An insecure default vulnerability exists in the Post Creation functionality of Ghost Foundation Ghost 5.9.4. Default installations of Ghost allow non-administrator users to inject arbitrary Javascript in posts, which allow privilege escalation to administrator via XSS. To trigger this vulnerability, an attacker can send an HTTP request to inject Javascript in a post to trick an administrator into visiting the post.A stored XSS vulnerability exists in the `twitter` field for a user.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.4
EPSS 0.0058
EPSS Percentile 69.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-1188 CWE-453 CWE-79
Status published
Products (1)
ghost/ghost 5.9.4
Published Jan 19, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026