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Medium · 6.5 CVE-2021-39192 BIT-ghost-2021-39192EUVD-2021-1477GHSA-j5c2-hm46-wp5c

Privilege escalation: all users can access Admin-level API keys

Published Sep 3, 2021 · Updated Aug 4, 2024 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Ghost is a Node.js content management system. An error in the implementation of the limits service between versions 4.0.0 and 4.9.4 allows all authenticated users (including contributors) to view admin-level API keys via the integrations API endpoint, leading to a privilege escalation vulnerability. This issue is patched in Ghost version 4.10.0. As a workaround, disable all non-Administrator accounts to prevent API access. It is highly recommended to regenerate all API keys after patching or applying the workaround.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
TryGhost Ghost >= 4.0.0, < 4.10.0 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
npm ghost >= 4.0.0, < 4.10.0 4.10.0 GHSA-j5c2-hm46-wp5c

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