CVE-2024-23724

criticalpriority · attend · 47EPSS 0.035 · 89 %ileexploit · PoCEURUUS
grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent
Exploitable?
Public exploit
2 exploits · PoC
Likely / severe?
3.48% (89th) EPSS
CVSS 9 · critical
Is it mine?
5 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
5 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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."

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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.0
010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–critical · 3.5–9

v3.19criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.3 · impact 6
v3.13.5lowAV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:Nsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU
v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:Lsecondary · OSV
v3.18.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Psecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-79USprimaryCWE-79USCWE-79US
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exploits (2)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

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affected products (5)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • GHSA-99vc-xw8j-phjmGhost has possible Cross-site Scripting issue2024-02-11ghsa · osvUS

    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."

  • BIT-ghost-2024-237242024-09-06vendor · osvUS

    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."

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also known as (6)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvdenisa_euvdfstec_bduosvnvdNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2024-02-11modified 2026-06-17
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references (10)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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