description: An insecure default vulnerability exists in the Post Creation functionality of Ghost Foundation Ghost 5.9.4. Default installations of Ghost allow non-administrator users to inject arbitrary Javascript in posts, which allow privilege escalation to administrator via XSS. To trigger this vulnerability, an attacker can send an HTTP request to inject Javascript in a post to trick an administrator into visiting the post.A stored XSS vulnerability exists in the `codeinjection_foot` for a post.
problem types: CWE-453: Insecure Default Variable Initialization
affected:
{
vendor: Ghost Foundation
product: Ghost
versions:
version: 5.9.4, status: affected
}
metrics:
cvssV3_0: [
version: 3.0
vectorString: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
attackVector: NETWORK
attackComplexity: LOW
privilegesRequired: LOW
userInteraction: REQUIRED
scope: CHANGED
confidentialityImpact: HIGH
integrityImpact: HIGH
availabilityImpact: HIGH
baseScore: 9
baseSeverity: CRITICAL
]