CVSS 3.1
9.0 criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2024-23724
Critical (9.0) in ghost ghost. EPSS 3.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
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."
Severity
- EPSS
- 3.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 89% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-79
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- ghost:ghost
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-99vc-xw8j-phjm | npm | ghost | <=5.76.0 | no fix published |
| GHSA-99vc-xw8j-phjm | npm | ghost | <=5.76.0 | no fix published |