{"id":"GHSA-9c9v-w225-v5rg","summary":"Ghost vulnerable to arbitrary file read via symlinks in content import","details":"### Impact\n\nA vulnerability in Ghost allows authenticated users to upload files which are symlinks. This can be exploited to perform an arbitrary file read of any file on the operating system.\n\nSite administrators can check for exploitation of this issue by looking for unknown symlinks within Ghost's `content/` folder\n\n### Vulnerable versions\n\nThis security vulnerability is present in Ghost ≤ v5.59.0.\n\n### Patches\n\nv5.59.1 contains a fix for this issue.\n\n### For more information\n\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory:\n* Email us at [security@ghost.org](mailto:security@ghost.org)\n","aliases":["BIT-ghost-2023-40028","CVE-2023-40028"],"modified":"2023-12-06T01:03:11.399517Z","published":"2023-08-15T20:35:20Z","database_specific":{"github_reviewed":true,"github_reviewed_at":"2023-08-15T20:35:20Z","nvd_published_at":"2023-08-15T18:15:10Z","cwe_ids":["CWE-22","CWE-59"],"severity":"MODERATE"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/security/advisories/GHSA-9c9v-w225-v5rg"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-40028"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/commit/690fbf3f7302ff3f77159c0795928bdd20f41205"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"ghost","ecosystem":"npm","purl":"pkg:npm/ghost"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.59.1"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2023/08/GHSA-9c9v-w225-v5rg/GHSA-9c9v-w225-v5rg.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"}]}