TryGhost up to 6.62.x Content API access control

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A vulnerability has been found in TryGhost Ghost up to 6.62.x and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Content API. Performing a manipulation results in access control. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2026-103271. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in TryGhost Ghost up to 6.62.x. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component Content API. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Ghost versions from 4.0.0 before 6.63.0 contain a content API vulnerability that allows unauthenticated visitors to access gated post content. Attackers can bypass content restrictions by directly querying the content API to retrieve restricted posts without authentication.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-103271 since 09/30/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 6.63.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Vendor

• TryGhost

Name

• Ghost

Version

• 6.0
• 6.1
• 6.2
• 6.3
• 6.4
• 6.5
• 6.6
• 6.7
• 6.8
• 6.9
• 6.10
• 6.11
• 6.12
• 6.13
• 6.14
• 6.15
• 6.16
• 6.17
• 6.18
• 6.19
• 6.20
• 6.21
• 6.22
• 6.23
• 6.24
• 6.25
• 6.26
• 6.27
• 6.28
• 6.29
• 6.30
• 6.31
• 6.32
• 6.33
• 6.34
• 6.35
• 6.36
• 6.37
• 6.38
• 6.39
• 6.40
• 6.41
• 6.42
• 6.43
• 6.44
• 6.45
• 6.46
• 6.47
• 6.48
• 6.49
• 6.50
• 6.51
• 6.52
• 6.53
• 6.54
• 6.55
• 6.56
• 6.57
• 6.58
• 6.59
• 6.60
• 6.61
• 6.62

Website

• Product: https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/

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