What is CVE-2024-23724?

CVE-2024-23724 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Ghost, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 9.0/10. Published 2024-02-11.

How severe is CVE-2024-23724?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.0 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-23724 known to be exploited?

7 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Ghost

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 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."

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.035 (87.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.0 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Ghost
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-23724?: CVE-2024-23724 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Ghost, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 9.0/10. Published 2024-02-11.
How severe is CVE-2024-23724?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.0 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-23724 known to be exploited?: 7 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.