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Medium · 4.3 CVE-2026-70596 BIT-ghost-2026-70596EUVD-2026-53391GHSA-pr22-p9rp-2cqv

Ghost: Cross-Site Scripting in Feature Image Captions

Published Aug 5, 2026 · Updated Aug 5, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Ghost is a Node.js content management system. From 4.9.0 until 6.54.1, an input validation issue allowed any staff user to create a post with content in feature_image_caption that could be used to hijack another staff user's Ghost Admin session, resulting in privilege escalation. This issue is fixed in 6.54.1.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
TryGhost Ghost >= 4.9.0, < 6.54.1 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
npm ghost >= 4.9.0, < 6.54.1 6.54.1 GHSA-pr22-p9rp-2cqv

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