Ghost up to 5.76.0 SVG Profile Picture cross site scripting ⚔ [Disputed]

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Ghost up to 5.76.0. The affected element is an unknown function of the component SVG Profile Picture Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2024-23724. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. The existence of this vulnerability is still disputed at present. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

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A vulnerability was found in Ghost up to 5.76.0. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the component SVG Profile Picture Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. CVE summarizes:

Ghost through 5.76.0 allows stored XSS, and resultant privilege escalation in which a contributor can take over any account, via an SVG profile picture that contains JavaScript code to interact with the API on localhost TCP port 3001. NOTE: The discoverer reports that "The vendor does not view this as a valid vector."

The weakness was disclosed 02/11/2024. The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-23724 since 01/21/2024. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The real existence of this vulnerability is still doubted at the moment.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com.

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Name

• Ghost

Version

• 5.0
• 5.1
• 5.2
• 5.3
• 5.4
• 5.5
• 5.6
• 5.7
• 5.8
• 5.9
• 5.10
• 5.11
• 5.12
• 5.13
• 5.14
• 5.15
• 5.16
• 5.17
• 5.18
• 5.19
• 5.20
• 5.21
• 5.22
• 5.23
• 5.24
• 5.25
• 5.26
• 5.27
• 5.28
• 5.29
• 5.30
• 5.31
• 5.32
• 5.33
• 5.34
• 5.35
• 5.36
• 5.37
• 5.38
• 5.39
• 5.40
• 5.41
• 5.42
• 5.43
• 5.44
• 5.45
• 5.46
• 5.47
• 5.48
• 5.49
• 5.50
• 5.51
• 5.52
• 5.53
• 5.54
• 5.55
• 5.56
• 5.57
• 5.58
• 5.59
• 5.60
• 5.61
• 5.62
• 5.63
• 5.64
• 5.65
• 5.66
• 5.67
• 5.68
• 5.69
• 5.70
• 5.71
• 5.72
• 5.73
• 5.74
• 5.75
• 5.76.0

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