BIT-ghost-2021-39192

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    BIT-ghost-2021-39192

    Published: 6 Mar 2024Last Modified: 8 Sept 2026

    Summary: Privilege escalation: all users can access Admin-level API keys

    Details: Ghost is a Node.js content management system. An error in the implementation of the limits service between versions 4.0.0 and 4.9.4 allows all authenticated users (including contributors) to view admin-level API keys via the integrations API endpoint, leading to a privilege escalation vulnerability. This issue is patched in Ghost version 4.10.0. As a workaround, disable all non-Administrator accounts to prevent API access. It is highly recommended to regenerate all API keys after patching or applying the workaround.

    References: https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/releases/tag/v4.10.0, https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/security/advisories/GHSA-j5c2-hm46-wp5c, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-39192

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: ghost

    Purl: pkg:bitnami/ghost

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 4.0.0
    Fixed -4.10.0

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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