Ghost: Paid gift memberships obtainable at minimal cost via the donations feature
Priority LOW 30CWE-472Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-639.
Summary
Ghost is a Node.js content management system. From 6.27.0 before 6.44.0, Ghost's public donation checkout flow allowed an unauthenticated attacker to control donation checkout metadata and obtain full paid gift memberships for a minimal payment without exposing customer or member data or stealing money from a site or its members. This issue is fixed in version 6.44.0.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00403 34th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Ghost (TryGhost): 6.44.0ghost (npm): 6.44.0
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TryGhost | Ghost | 6.27.0 to before 6.44.0 | 6.44.0 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | ghost (npm) | 6.27.0 to before 6.44.0 | 6.44.0 | Patch available | GHSA-xm43-3m56-w3wf |
- Ghost VendorTryGhost Affected 6.27.0 to before 6.44.0 Fixed in 6.44.0 Patch available CNA
- ghost (npm) Vendor— Affected 6.27.0 to before 6.44.0 Fixed in 6.44.0 Patch available GHSA-xm43-3m56-w3wf
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Ghost (TryGhost) Fixed in 6.44.0
- Fix · GHSA-xm43-3m56-w3wf ghost (npm) Fixed in 6.44.0 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-59817
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xm43-3m56-w3wf
References
Other 6
- https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/security/advisories/GHSA-xm43-3m56-w3wf
- https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/pull/28351
- https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/pull/28352
- https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/commit/cab716cd015ac04b7ee50c7a405478d97bc7b1e0
- https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/commit/ee7b991b466a7849c70f9d1caed8e491ee4113c6
- https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost
More TryGhost vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-21459 Ghost has a SQL Injection in its Content API CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.4
- TI-2022-10277 An arbitrary file upload vulnerability in the file upload module of Ghost v4.39.0 allows… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-22785 Ghost through 5.85.1 allows remote attackers to bypass an authentication rate-limit… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2023-14843 Ghost vulnerable to disclosure of private API fields CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2025-09049 Ghost 6.0.6 - SSRF via oEmbed Bookmark CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2023-20918 Arbitrary file read via symlinks in Ghost CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
Sources
- CVE-2026-59817 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-59817 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-xm43-3m56-w3wf · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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