CVE-2022-47194 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

An insecure default vulnerability exists in the Post Creation functionality of Ghost Foundation Ghost 5.9.4. Default installations of Ghost allow non-administrator users to inject arbitrary Javascript in posts, which allow privilege escalation to administrator via XSS. To trigger this vulnerability, an attacker can send an HTTP request to inject Javascript in a post to trick an administrator into visiting the post.A stored XSS vulnerability exists in the `twitter` field for a user.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Ghost	Ghost

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ghost:ghost:5.9.4:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2022-1686

History

Thu, 03 Apr 2025 13:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: talos

Published: 2023-01-19T17:02:10.446Z

Updated: 2025-04-03T13:00:05.893Z

Reserved: 2022-12-12T19:47:21.503Z

Link: CVE-2022-47194

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T14:47:29.485Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-19T18:15:13.553

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:31:41.080

Link: CVE-2022-47194

Redhat

No data.

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