CVE-2023-40028

Description

Ghost is an open source content management system. Versions prior to 5.59.1 are subject to a vulnerability which allows authenticated users to upload files that are symlinks. This can be exploited to perform an arbitrary file read of any file on the host operating system. Site administrators can check for exploitation of this issue by looking for unknown symlinks within Ghost's content/ folder. Version 5.59.1 contains a fix for this issue. All users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

NVD

Severity: MEDIUM
CVE ID: CVE-2023-40028
CVSS Score: 6.5
CVSS Metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

GitHub, Inc.

Severity: MEDIUM
CVE ID: CVE-2023-40028
CVSS Score: 4.9
CVSS Metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Refrence: NVDMITRE

Proof Of Concept

0xyassine

Refrence: GitHub