CVE-2026-53943 PUBLISHED

Ghost: Cache-poisoning XSS in Ghost frontend via x-ghost-preview header

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 11.06.2026 Published: 24.06.2026 Updated: 24.06.2026

Ghost is a Node.js content management system. From until 6.37.0, when Ghost is behind a shared caching layer that results in cached content being shared between different visitors, an unauthenticated user could send an x-ghost-preview header that altered the rendered frontend response. In affected cache configurations, that response could be stored and served to subsequent visitors requesting the same page, allowing cache poisoning of request-specific preview output. When running Ghost's frontend and admin panel on the same domain this could be used to take over staff user accounts. When running these on different domains staff accounts have no exposure. This vulnerability is fixed in 6.37.0.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 9.6

Product Status

Vendor TryGhost
Product Ghost
Versions
  • Version >= 4.0.0, < 6.37.0 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-524: Use of Cache Containing Sensitive Information CWE