CVE-2022-47194 (GCVE-0-2022-47194)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-01-19 17:02
Modified
2025-11-04 19:14
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CWE
- CWE-453 - Insecure Default Variable Initialization
Summary
An insecure default vulnerability exists in the Post Creation functionality of Ghost Foundation Ghost 5.9.4. Default installations of Ghost allow non-administrator users to inject arbitrary Javascript in posts, which allow privilege escalation to administrator via XSS. To trigger this vulnerability, an attacker can send an HTTP request to inject Javascript in a post to trick an administrator into visiting the post.A stored XSS vulnerability exists in the `twitter` field for a user.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ghost Foundation | Ghost |
Version: 5.9.4 |
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