CVE-2024-23724
9.0
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 3.5% (pctl 89)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9), but no sign of active exploitation.
Description
Ghost through 5.76.0 allows stored XSS, and resultant privilege escalation in which a contributor can take over any account, via an SVG profile picture that contains JavaScript code to interact with the API on localhost TCP port 3001. NOTE: The discoverer reports that "The vendor does not view this as a valid vector."
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.0 (CRITICAL, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 3.49% — more likely to be exploited than 89% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-79 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2024-02-11 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| ghost | ghost |
References
→ the Explorer · watch your stack · NVD