CVE-2026-59817

Ghost: Paid gift memberships obtainable at minimal cost via the donations feature

Published Jul 9, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 5.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Ghost is a Node.js content management system. From 6.27.0 before 6.44.0, Ghost's public donation checkout flow allowed an unauthenticated attacker to control donation checkout metadata and obtain full paid gift memberships for a minimal payment without exposing customer or member data or stealing money from a site or its members. This issue is fixed in version 6.44.0.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-xm43-3m56-w3wf Ghost: Paid gift memberships obtainable at minimal cost via the donations feature
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Ghost
Ghost ghost
Vendors & Products Ghost
Ghost ghost
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Ghost is a Node.js content management system. From 6.27.0 before 6.44.0, Ghost's public donation checkout flow allowed an unauthenticated attacker to control donation checkout metadata and obtain full paid gift memberships for a minimal payment without exposing customer or member data or stealing money from a site or its members. This issue is fixed in version 6.44.0.
Title Ghost: Paid gift memberships obtainable at minimal cost via the donations feature
Weaknesses CWE-472
CWE-639
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Jul 14, 2026, 1:04 AM
Reserved
Jul 7, 2026, 3:00 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Jul 9, 2026, 6:16 PM
Modified
Oct 25, 2026, 5:10 PM