CVE-2026-105678 (GCVE-0-2026-105678)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-10-05 19:20
Modified
2026-10-07 21:44
Severity ?
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
  • CWE-863 - Incorrect Authorization
Summary
Ghost is a Node.js content management system. From 0.5.0 until 6.64.0, staff users with the Editor or Super Editor role were able to assign their own role to Author and Contributor users, despite not having permission to assign that role. This issue is fixed in version 6.64.0.
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Vendor Product Version
TryGhost Ghost Version: >= 0.5.0, < 6.64.0
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