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GHSA-JX35-X7FJ-VGPR

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-05 14:42 – Updated: 2026-08-05 14:42

Summary

Ghost Content API filter bypass reveals private fields

Details

Impact

The validation applied to filters on the public API endpoints could be partially bypassed, making it possible to reveal private fields via a brute force attack. If SQLite was used as the database password hashes were fully accessible. If MySQL was used as the database the password hashes' case (uppercase / lowercase) would have been lost, which would likely have rendered a further brute force attack on the discovered hashes fruitless.

Vulnerable versions

This vulnerability is present in Ghost from v5.46.1 up to v6.21.1.

Patches

v6.21.2 contains a fix for this issue.

How to update

For self-hosters using Docker, find Docker's official Ghost image here. Updating a Docker-based Ghost instance is documented here.

If your Ghost is a Ghost-CLI install see our documentation on updating it to the latest version here.

Workarounds

If upgrading immediately is not possible, block or filter requests to Content API endpoints where the filter query parameter contains password or email (including any compound form such as users.password, users.email, authors.password, authors.email). Reject requests at a reverse proxy / WAF layer before they reach Ghost.

Example (case-insensitive) pattern to block on the raw querystring:

filter=[^&]*(password|email)

References

Ghost thanks crnkovic for disclosing this vulnerability responsibly.

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, email Ghost at security@ghost.org.

Severity

5.3 (Medium)


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

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  "details": "### Impact\n\nThe validation applied to filters on the public API endpoints could be partially bypassed, making it possible to reveal private fields via a brute force attack. If SQLite was used as the database password hashes were fully accessible. If MySQL was used as the database the password hashes\u0027 case (uppercase / lowercase) would have been lost, which would likely have rendered a further brute force attack on the discovered hashes fruitless.\n\n### Vulnerable versions\n\nThis vulnerability is present in Ghost from v5.46.1 up to v6.21.1.\n\n### Patches\n\nv6.21.2 contains a fix for this issue.\n\n### How to update\n\nFor self-hosters using Docker, find [Docker\u0027s 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). \n\nIf your Ghost is a Ghost-CLI install see our documentation on [updating it to the latest version here](https://docs.ghost.org/update). \n\n### Workarounds\n\nIf upgrading immediately is not possible, block or filter requests to Content API endpoints where the `filter` query parameter contains `password` or `email` (including any compound form such as `users.password`, `users.email`, `authors.password`, `authors.email`). Reject requests at a reverse proxy / WAF layer before they reach Ghost.\n\nExample (case-insensitive) pattern to block on the raw querystring:\n\n```\nfilter=[^\u0026]*(password|email)\n```\n\n### References\n\nGhost thanks crnkovic for disclosing this vulnerability responsibly.\n\n### For more information\n\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory, email Ghost at [security@ghost.org](mailto:security@ghost.org).",
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N",
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    }
  ],
  "summary": "Ghost Content API filter bypass reveals private fields"
}

CVE-2026-53949 (GCVE-0-2026-53949)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-24 18:05 – Updated: 2026-06-24 18:55

Title

Ghost Content API filter bypass reveals private fields

Summary

Ghost is a Node.js content management system. From 5.46.1 until 6.21.2, the validation applied to filters on the public API endpoints could be partially bypassed, making it possible to reveal private fields via a brute force attack. If SQLite was used as the database password hashes were fully accessible. If MySQL was used as the database the password hashes' case (uppercase / lowercase) would have been lost, which would likely have rendered a further brute force attack on the discovered hashes fruitless. This vulnerability is fixed in 6.21.2.

Severity

5.3 (Medium)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

CWE-200 - Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CWE-693 - Protection Mechanism Failure

Assigner

GitHub_M

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/security/adviso…	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
TryGhost	Ghost	Affected: >= 5.46.1, < 6.21.2

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GHSA-JX35-X7FJ-VGPR

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Patches

How to update

Workarounds

References

For more information

CVE-2026-53949 (GCVE-0-2026-53949)

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