CVE-2021-29484

DOM XSS in Theme Preview

State
Published
Severity
6.8 Medium
Published
Apr 29, 2021
Updated
Aug 3, 2024
Reserved
Mar 30, 2021

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Description

Ghost is a Node.js CMS. An unused endpoint added during the development of 4.0.0 has left sites vulnerable to untrusted users gaining access to Ghost Admin. Attackers can gain access by getting logged in users to click a link containing malicious code. Users do not need to enter credentials and may not know they've visited a malicious site. Ghost(Pro) has already been patched. We can find no evidence that the issue was exploited on Ghost(Pro) prior to the patch being added. Self-hosters are impacted if running Ghost a version between 4.0.0 and 4.3.2. Immediate action should be taken to secure your site. The issue has been fixed in 4.3.3, all 4.x sites should upgrade as soon as possible. As the endpoint is unused, the patch simply removes it. As a workaround blocking access to /ghost/preview can also mitigate the issue.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.16.8 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:NGitHub_M

Weaknesses

  • CWE-79 {"CWE-79":"Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')"}

Affected Products

ProductVersions
GhostTryGhost
  • >= 4.0.0, < 4.3.3Affected

References

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