Critical severity · published Jun 24, 2026
CVE-2026-53943
Ghost: Cache-poisoning XSS in Ghost frontend via x-ghost-preview header
9.6
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Ghost is a Node.js content management system. From until 6.37.0, when Ghost is behind a shared caching layer that results in cached content being shared between different visitors, an unauthenticated user could send an x-ghost-preview header that altered the rendered frontend response. In affected cache configurations, that response could be stored and served to subsequent visitors requesting the same page, allowing cache poisoning of request-specific preview output. When running Ghost's frontend and admin panel on the same domain this could be used to take over staff user accounts. When running these on different domains staff accounts have no exposure. This vulnerability is fixed in 6.37.0.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 39% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GH
Ghost · TryGhost
>= 4.0.0, < 6.37.0 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53943
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-53943
github.com
https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/security/advisories/GHSA-62q6-4hv4-vjrw
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