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GHSA-W52V-V783-GW97

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-02-18 21:50 – Updated: 2026-05-12 13:31

Summary

Ghost has a SQL injection in Content API

Details

Impact

A SQL injection vulnerability existed in Ghost's Content API that allowed unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary data from the database.

Vulnerable Versions

This vulnerability is present in Ghost v3.24.0 to v6.19.0.

Patches

v6.19.1 contains a fix for this issue.

Note: as this vulnerability lets an attacker gain access to a site's API keys, we recommend reviewing staff users and rotating keys. We generally recommend always updating Ghost to its most current version.

Workarounds

There is no application-level workaround. The Content API key is public by design, so restricting key access does not mitigate this vulnerability.

As a temporary mitigation, a reverse proxy or WAF rule can be used to block Content API requests containing slug%3A%5B or slug:[ in the query string filter parameter. Note that this may break legitimate slug filter functionality.

References

We thank Nicholas Carlini using Claude, Anthropic for disclosing this vulnerability responsibly.

For more information

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

Severity

9.4 (Critical)


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

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  "id": "GHSA-w52v-v783-gw97",
  "modified": "2026-05-12T13:31:00Z",
  "published": "2026-02-18T21:50:23Z",
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}

CVE-2026-26980 (GCVE-0-2026-26980)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-20 01:00 – Updated: 2026-05-26 13:35

Title

Ghost has a SQL Injection in its Content API

Summary

Ghost is a Node.js content management system. Versions 3.24.0 through 6.19.0 allow unauthenticated attackers to perform arbitrary reads from the database. This issue has been fixed in version 6.19.1.

Severity

9.4 (Critical)


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

CWE

CWE-89 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

Assigner

GitHub_M

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/security/adviso…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/commit/30868d63…	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/releases/tag/v6.19.1	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
TryGhost	Ghost	Affected: >= 3.24.0, < 6.19.1

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Sightings

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Nomenclature

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Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
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Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-W52V-V783-GW97

Impact

Vulnerable Versions

Patches

Workarounds

References

For more information

CVE-2026-26980 (GCVE-0-2026-26980)

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