CVE-2026-53943

CRITICAL

Ghost: Cache-poisoning XSS in Ghost frontend via x-ghost-preview header

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

Ghost is a Node.js content management system. From until 6.37.0, when Ghost is behind a shared caching layer that results in cached content being shared between different visitors, an unauthenticated user could send an x-ghost-preview header that altered the rendered frontend response. In affected cache configurations, that response could be stored and served to subsequent visitors requesting the same page, allowing cache poisoning of request-specific preview output. When running Ghost's frontend and admin panel on the same domain this could be used to take over staff user accounts. When running these on different domains staff accounts have no exposure. This vulnerability is fixed in 6.37.0.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 9.6
EPSS 0.0024
EPSS Percentile 15.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-524
Status published
Products (2)
npm/ghost 4.0.0 - 6.37.0npm
TryGhost/Ghost >= 4.0.0, < 6.37.0
Published Jun 24, 2026
Tracked Since Jun 25, 2026