CVE-2026-59817: Ghost: Paid gift memberships obtainable at minimal cost via the donations feature
A vulnerability in Ghost’s public donation checkout flow allowed an unauthenticated attacker to obtain full paid gift memberships for a minimal payment. No customer or member data was exposed, and the issue could not be used to steal money from a site or its members.
References
- github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/commit/cab716cd015ac04b7ee50c7a405478d97bc7b1e0
- github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/commit/ee7b991b466a7849c70f9d1caed8e491ee4113c6
- github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/pull/28351
- github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/pull/28352
- github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/security/advisories/GHSA-xm43-3m56-w3wf
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-xm43-3m56-w3wf
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-59817
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