GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm
GHSA-xm43-3m56-w3wf Ghost: Paid gift memberships obtainable at minimal cost via the donations feature
MEDIUM
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-59817
- Ecosystem
- npm
- Packages
- ghost
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-472, CWE-639
- Reviewed
- 2026-08-04
Affected packages
• npm ghost: >= 6.27.0, < 6.44.0 → fixed in 6.44.0
Description
Impact
A vulnerability in Ghost's public donation checkout flow allowed an unauthenticated attacker to obtain full paid gift memberships for a minimal payment. No customer or member data was exposed, and the issue could not be used to steal money from a site or its members.
Vulnerable versions
This vulnerability is present in Ghost from v6.27.0 up to v6.43.1.
Patches
v6.44.0 contains a fix for this issue.
How to update
For self-hosters using Docker, find Docker’s official Ghost image on Docker Hub and follow the documentation on updating a Docker-based Ghost instance.
For self-hosters using Ghost-CLI, see the documentation for updating Ghost to the latest version.
Workarounds
If upgrading immediately is not possible, you can remove the vulnerable checkout path by disabling the donations feature in Ghost Admin under Settings → Membership → Tips & donations until the upgrade is applied.
References
Ghost thanks sane100400 and p4p3r 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-2026-59817 Ghost is a Node.js content management system. vulnerability
References
- https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/security/advisories/GHSA-xm43-3m56-w3wf web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-59817 advisory
- https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/pull/28351 web
- https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/pull/28352 web
- https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/commit/cab716cd015ac04b7ee50c7a405478d97bc7b1e0 web
- https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/commit/ee7b991b466a7849c70f9d1caed8e491ee4113c6 web
- https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost package