Ghost <= 0.5.5 - Missing Authorization Checks

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2016-10983
CVSS High (7.5)
Publicly Published April 28, 2016
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Josh Brody
Description

The Ghost plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass due to a missing capability check on the wp-admin/tools.php?ghostexport=true functionality in versions up to 0.5.6. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to download exports of data that may contain sensitive information.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug ghost (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 0.5.5
Patched Version
  • 0.5.6
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