CVE-2026-24778

HIGH

8.8

Description

Ghost is an open source content management system. In Ghost versions 5.43.0 through 5.12.04 and 6.0.0 through 6.14.0, an attacker was able to craft a malicious link that, when accessed by an authenticated staff user or member, would execute JavaScript with the victim's permissions, potentially leading to account takeover. Ghost Portal versions 2.29.1 through 2.51.4 and 2.52.0 through 2.57.0 were vulnerable to this issue. Ghost automatically loads the latest patch of the members Portal component via CDN. For Ghost 5.x users, upgrading to v5.121.0 or later fixes the vulnerability. v5.121.0 loads Portal v2.51.5, which contains the patch. For Ghost 6.x users, upgrading to v6.15.0 or later fixes the vulnerability. v6.15.0 loads Portal v2.57.1, which contains the patch. For Ghost installations using a customized or self-hosted version of Portal, it will be necessary to manually rebuild from or update to the latest patch version.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score8.8

SeverityHIGH

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionREQUIRED

Published1/27/2026

Last Modified2/2/2026

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

ghost:ghostghost:portal

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-79

References

https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/commit/da858e640e88e69c1773a7b7ecdc2008fa143849(security-advisories@github.com)

https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/security/advisories/GHSA-gv6q-2m97-882h(security-advisories@github.com)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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