Ghost is a Node.js content management system. From 4.9.0 until 6.54.1, an input validation issue allowed any staff user to create a post with content in feature_image_caption that could be used to hijack another staff user's Ghost Admin session, resulting in privilege escalation. This issue is fixed in 6.54.1.
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| Description | Ghost is a Node.js content management system. From 4.9.0 until 6.54.1, an input validation issue allowed any staff user to create a post with content in feature_image_caption that could be used to hijack another staff user's Ghost Admin session, resulting in privilege escalation. This issue is fixed in 6.54.1. | |
| Title | Ghost: Cross-Site Scripting in Feature Image Captions | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-79 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published: 2026-08-05T14:40:12.295Z
Updated: 2026-08-05T17:32:38.429Z
Reserved: 2026-08-04T19:50:27.328Z
Link: CVE-2026-70596
Updated: 2026-08-05T17:32:31.381Z
Status : Received
Published: 2026-08-05T16:17:03.463
Modified: 2026-08-05T18:17:14.797
Link: CVE-2026-70596
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