CVE-2026-104412 (GCVE-0-2026-104412)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-10-02 11:37
Modified
2026-10-06 02:34
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
4.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Summary
Ghost 0.5.0 before 6.64.0 does not correctly restrict staff role assignment, allowing users with the Editor or Super Editor role to assign their own role to other staff despite lacking permission to do so. An authenticated Editor or Super Editor can promote Author and Contributor users to Editor or Super Editor.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
TryGhost Ghost Version: 0.5.0   ≤
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