# CVE-2024-23724: Ghost through 5.76.0 allows stored XSS, and resultant privilege escalation in which a contributor can take over any account, via an SVG prof

- Also known as: GHSA-99VC-XW8J-PHJM, BIT-GHOST-2024-23724
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 2 GitHub repos listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2024-02-11 · Updated: 2024-11-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- ghost (npm): through 5.76.0

## 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."

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, ghost, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/blog/
- https://github.com/RhinoSecurityLabs/CVEs/tree/master/CVE-2024-23724
- https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/pull/19646
- https://github.com/Youssefdds/CVE-2024-23724
- https://github.com/gl1tch0x1/Ghost-CMS-Exploit

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