CVE-2023-40028 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Ghost 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.

Published: 2023-08-15

Score: 4.9 Medium

EPSS: 77.6% High

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

TryGhost

Ghost

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`< 5.59.1`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ghost:ghost:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Github GHSA	GHSA-9c9v-w225-v5rg	Ghost vulnerable to arbitrary file read via symlinks in content import

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.77606.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/commit/690fbf3f7302ff3f77159c0795928bdd20f41205
https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/security/advisories/GHSA-9c9v-w225-v5rg

History

Wed, 02 Oct 2024 18:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Ghost Ghost

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2023-08-15T17:25:16.758Z

Updated: 2024-10-02T17:45:39.305Z

Reserved: 2023-08-08T13:46:25.244Z

Link: CVE-2023-40028

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T18:24:54.629Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-08-15T18:15:10.547

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:18:33.280

Link: CVE-2023-40028

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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