CVE-2024-23725 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Ghost before 5.76.0 allows XSS via a post excerpt in excerpt.js. An XSS payload can be rendered in post summaries.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00163.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Ghost	Ghost

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/pull/17190
https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/releases/tag/v5.76.0

History

Fri, 30 May 2025 15:15:00 +0000

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

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2024-01-21T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-30T14:24:10.278Z

Reserved: 2024-01-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2024-23725

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T23:13:07.429Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-21T04:15:19.177

Modified: 2025-05-30T15:15:37.033

Link: CVE-2024-23725

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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