CVE-2024-23724: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

February 11, 2024 (updated February 12, 2024)

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.”

References

github.com/RhinoSecurityLabs/CVEs/tree/master/CVE-2024-23724
github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/pull/19646
github.com/advisories/GHSA-99vc-xw8j-phjm
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-23724
rhinosecuritylabs.com/blog

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