CVE-2026-70596

medium

Description

Ghost is a Node.js content management system. From 4.9.0 until 6.54.1, an input validation issue allowed any staff user to create a post with content in feature_image_caption that could be used to hijack another staff user's Ghost Admin session, resulting in privilege escalation. This issue is fixed in 6.54.1.

References

https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/security/advisories/GHSA-pr22-p9rp-2cqv

https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/releases/tag/v6.54.1

https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/pull/29635

https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/commit/a8bea3a4ceec4c852b880f4885119453c3d8588e

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-08-05

Updated: 2026-08-05

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 4.3

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

Severity: Medium