Medium severity · published Dec 22, 2022
CVE-2022-41654
An authentication bypass vulnerability exists in the newsletter subscription functionality of Ghost Foundation Ghost 5.9.4
4.3
CVSS
18.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An authentication bypass vulnerability exists in the newsletter subscription functionality of Ghost Foundation Ghost 5.9.4. A specially-crafted HTTP request can lead to increased privileges. An attacker can send an HTTP request to trigger this vulnerability.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)18.9% · higher than 97% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GH
Ghost · Ghost Foundation
5.9.4 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-41654
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-41654
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/security/advisories/GHSA-9gh8-wp53-ccc6
Exploit
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2022-1624
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