{"cve":"CVE-2026-104412","nvd":{"published":"2026-10-02T12:17:10.840","modified":"2026-10-06T03:16:59.777","status":"Deferred","description":"Ghost 0.5.0 before 6.64.0 does not correctly restrict staff role assignment, allowing users with the Editor or Super Editor role to assign their own role to other staff despite lacking permission to do so. An authenticated Editor or Super Editor can promote Author and Contributor users to Editor or Super Editor.","cvss_v4":{"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","score":5.3},"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","score":4.3},"cwes":["CWE-269"],"references":["https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/security/advisories/GHSA-4pvx-fwjj-8gpc","https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/ghost-0.5.0-before-6.64.0-privilege-escalation-via-staff-role-assignment"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:57:46.668721662+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-104412","score":0.00192,"percentile":0.08794,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-4pvx-fwjj-8gpc","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-4pvx-fwjj-8gpc","summary":"Ghost: Editors Could Promote Staff Users to Their Own Role","modified":"2026-10-13T08:26:08.710190343Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"ghost","purl":"pkg:npm/ghost","ranges":[">=0.5.0 <6.64.0"],"fixed":["6.64.0"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}