CVE-2022-47196

Insecure Default Variable Initialization in npm/ghost

Identifiers

CVE-2022-47196

Package Slug

npm/ghost

Vulnerability

Insecure Default Variable Initialization

Description

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 codeinjection_head for a post.

Affected Versions

Version 5.9.4

Solution

Upgrade to version 5.10.0 or above.

Last Modified

2023-01-26

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