GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm
GHSA-pr22-p9rp-2cqv Ghost: Cross-Site Scripting in Feature Image Captions
MEDIUM
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-70596
- Ecosystem
- npm
- Packages
- ghost
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79
- Reviewed
- 2026-08-05
Affected packages
• npm ghost: >= 4.9.0, < 6.54.1 → fixed in 6.54.1
Description
Impact
An input validation issue allowed any staff user to create a post with content that could be used to hijack another staff user's Ghost Admin session resulting in privilege escalation.
Vulnerable versions
This vulnerability is present in Ghost from v4.9.0 up to v6.54.0.
Patches
v6.54.1 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.
References
Ghost thanks Versa for disclosing this vulnerability responsibly.
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, email Ghost at [email protected].
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-70596 Ghost is a Node.js content management system. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation weakness
References
- https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/security/advisories/GHSA-pr22-p9rp-2cqv web
- https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/pull/29635 web
- https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/commit/a8bea3a4ceec4c852b880f4885119453c3d8588e web
- https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost package
- https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/releases/tag/v6.54.1 web