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CVE-2022-47196

MEDIUM
5.4

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score5.4
SeverityMEDIUM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack VectorNETWORK
ComplexityLOW
Privileges RequiredLOW
User InteractionREQUIRED
Published1/19/2023
Last Modified11/4/2025
Sourcenvd
Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

ghost:ghost

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-453CWE-79CWE-1188

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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