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CVE-2023-40028

Arbitrary file read via symlinks in Ghost



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.

Reserved 2023-08-08 | Published 2023-08-15 | Updated 2024-10-02 | Assigner GitHub_M


MEDIUM: 4.9CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Problem types

CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Product status

< 5.59.1
affected

References

github.com/.../Ghost/security/advisories/GHSA-9c9v-w225-v5rg

github.com/...ommit/690fbf3f7302ff3f77159c0795928bdd20f41205

cve.org (CVE-2023-40028)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2023-40028)

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