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.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-49969 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.
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History

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 20:30:00 +0000


Thu, 03 Apr 2025 13:15:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: talos

Published:

Updated: 2025-11-04T19:14:26.423Z

Reserved: 2022-12-12T19:47:21.503Z

Link: CVE-2022-47194

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-11-04T19:14:26.423Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-19T18:15:13.553

Modified: 2025-11-04T20:16:13.823

Link: CVE-2022-47194

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