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CVE-2022-28397

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-04-12 · updated 2026-07-09
• Weakness: CWE-434

Description

An arbitrary file upload vulnerability in the file upload module of Ghost CMS v4.42.0 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted file. NOTE: Vendor states as detailed in Ghost's security documentation, files can only be uploaded and published by trusted users, this is intentional.

Affected products

• TryGhost Ghost: 4.42.0

References

• https://ghost.org/customers/
• https://ghost.org/docs/security/#privilege-escalation-attacks
• https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost
• https://trends.builtwith.com/cms/Ghost
• https://youtu.be/PncfBetPk2g
• https://ghost.org/customers/
• https://ghost.org/docs/security/#privilege-escalation-attacks
• https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost
• https://trends.builtwith.com/cms/Ghost
• https://youtu.be/PncfBetPk2g

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