Vulnerability Report

CVE-2022-47194

Title: Ghost Auth Bypass

Auth Bypass

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2022-47194.

CWE Category CWE-79
Published Date Jan 19, 2023
Modified Date Nov 04, 2025
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 5.4 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.82%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2022-47194: An insecure default vulnerability exists in the Post Creation functionality of Ghost Foundation Ghost 5.9.4. Default installations of Ghost allow non-administrator users to inject arbitrary Javascript in posts, which allow privilege escalation to administrator via XSS. To trigger this vulnerability, an attacker can send an HTTP request to inject Javascript in a post to trick an administrator into visiting the post.A stored XSS vulnerability exists in the `twitter` field for a user.

Impacted Vendors

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Reference Links

https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2022-1686 https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2022-1686 https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2022-1686
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.4
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
REQUIRED
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
CHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS v3.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity CRITICAL
9.0
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
REQUIRED
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
CHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2022-47194 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction REQUIRED
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.