GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm

GHSA-944x-pm95-3jpr Ghost: File Upload Content-Type Spoofing

MEDIUM Published 2026-08-04 Modified 2026-08-04 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2026-53948
Ecosystem
npm
Packages
ghost
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-434
Reviewed
2026-08-04

Affected packages

• npm ghost: >= 6.19.4, < 6.21.1 → fixed in 6.21.1

Description

Impact Insufficient validation of the client-supplied `Content-Type` on Ghost's Admin API file upload endpoint allowed uploaded files to be served from the site with an attacker-chosen content type on S3/GCS storage backends. On installations that serve uploaded files from the same origin as the site, this could have been used to facilitate stored cross-site scripting against site visitors or staff. Vulnerable versions This vulnerability is present in Ghost from v6.19.4 up to v6.21.0. Patches v6.21.1 contains a fix for this issue. How to update For self-hosters using Docker, find Docker's official Ghost image here. Updating a Docker-based Ghost instance is documented here. If your Ghost is a Ghost-CLI install see our documentation on updating it to the latest version here. For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, email us at [email protected].

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2026-53948 Ghost is a Node.js content management system. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-434 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type weakness

References