CVE-2023-40028
Scores
EPSS
Percentile: 75.8%
CVSS
CVSS Score: 6.5/10
All CVSS Scores
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Vector Breakdown
CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) vector provides detailed metrics about vulnerability characteristics
CVSS
Attack Vector
Network (N)
Describes how the vulnerability is exploited
Attack Complexity
Low (L)
Describes the conditions beyond the attacker's control
Privileges Required
Low (L)
Describes the level of privileges an attacker must possess
User Interaction
None (N)
Captures the requirement for a human user participation
Scope
Unchanged (U)
Determines if a successful attack impacts components beyond the vulnerable component
Confidentiality Impact
High (H)
Measures the impact to the confidentiality of information
Integrity Impact
None (N)
Measures the impact to integrity of a successfully exploited vulnerability
Availability Impact
None (N)
Measures the impact to the availability of the impacted component
Description
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.
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Sources
CWEs
Exploits
Vulnerable Software (2)
Type: Configuration
Product: ghost
Operating System: debian
{ "unfixed": true}
Source: debian
Type: Configuration
Vendor: ghost
Product: ghost
Operating System: * * *
{ "cpe_match": [ { "cpe23uri": "cpe:2.3:a:ghost:ghost:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*", "versionEndExcluding": "5.59.1", "vulnerable": true } ], "operator": "OR"}
Source: nvd