CVE-2023-40028

Summary

CVECVE-2023-40028
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-08-15 18:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-08-23 00:04:00 UTC
DescriptionGhost is an open source content management system. Versions prior to 5.59.1 are subject to a vulnerability which allows authenticated users to upload files that are symlinks. This can be exploited to perform an arbitrary file read of any file on the host operating system. Site administrators can check for exploitation of this issue by looking for unknown symlinks within Ghost's `content/` folder. Version 5.59.1 contains a fix for this issue. All users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-59

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Ghost Ghost All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
???? Fixed arbitrary file read via symlinks in content import · TryGhost/Ghost@690fbf3 · GitHub MISC github.com
Arbitrary file read via symlinks in content import · Advisory · TryGhost/Ghost · GitHub MISC github.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 994861 NodeJs (Npm) Security Update for ghost (GHSA-9c9v-w225-v5rg)
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