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SCA: security update for ghost (GHSA-9c9v-w225-v5rg)
medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 413201
Description
There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:- 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. (CVE-2023-40028)
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Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 413201
Version: Revision 1.7
Type: Local
Family: SCA Checks
Published: 1/23/2025
Updated: 7/2/2026
Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3
Percentile: 23.73
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Medium
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-40028
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.5
Temporal Score: 5.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 8/15/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/15/2023
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2023-40028