CVE-2023-32235 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Ghost before 5.42.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files within the active theme's folder via /assets/built%2F..%2F..%2F/ directory traversal. This occurs in frontend/web/middleware/static-theme.js.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Ghost	Ghost

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/commit/378dd913aa8d0fd0da29b0ffced8884579598b0f
https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/compare/v5.42.0...v5.42.1

History

Wed, 29 Jan 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-05-05T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-01-29T16:29:07.429Z

Reserved: 2023-05-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-32235

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T15:10:24.227Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-05-05T05:15:09.293

Modified: 2025-01-29T17:15:26.147

Link: CVE-2023-32235

Redhat

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