Vulnerability CVE-2023-40028


Published: 2023-08-15

Description:
Ghost is an open source content management system. Versions prior to 5.59.1 are subject to a vulnerability which allows authenticated users to upload files that are symlinks. This can be exploited to perform an arbitrary file read of any file on the host operating system. Site administrators can check for exploitation of this issue by looking for unknown symlinks within Ghost's `content/` folder. Version 5.59.1 contains a fix for this issue. All users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Med.
Ghost CMS 5.59.1 Arbitrary File Read
ibrahimsql
28.08.2025

Type:

CWE-22

(Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal'))

 References:
https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/security/advisories/GHSA-9c9v-w225-v5rg
https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/commit/690fbf3f7302ff3f77159c0795928bdd20f41205

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