CVE-2023-40028
CVSS v3
6.5
MEDIUM
EPSS Score
69.0 %
exploit probability, as of 2026-10-19
CISA KEV
No
known exploited
Exploitation
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SSVC status
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Affected and fixed versions
Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.
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Packages
- ghostnpmall versions · fixed in 5.59.1
- ghostBitnamiall versions · fixed in 5.59.1
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.
Technical details
- Published
- 2023-08-15
- Exploit-DB
- EDB-52409
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