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CVE-2026-70596MEDIUMCVSS 4.3

Ghost: Cross-Site Scripting in Feature Image Captions

Published Aug 5, 2026·Updated Aug 5, 2026

NVD Description

### Impact An input validation issue allowed any staff user to create a post with content that could be used to hijack another staff user's Ghost Admin session resulting in privilege escalation. ### Vulnerable versions This vulnerability is present in Ghost from v4.9.0 up to v6.54.0. ### Patches v6.54.1 contains a fix for this issue. ### How to update For self-hosters using Docker, find [Docker's official Ghost image here](https://hub.docker.com/_/ghost). Updating a Docker-based Ghost instance [is documented here](https://docs.ghost.org/install/docker#updating-ghost). If your Ghost is a Ghost-CLI install see our documentation on [updating it to the latest version here](https://docs.ghost.org/update). ### References Ghost thanks Versa for disclosing this vulnerability responsibly. ### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, email Ghost at [security@ghost.org](mailto:security@ghost.org).

Affected Packages (1)

ghostNPM
From 4.9.0
Fixed in 6.54.1

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

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