CVE-2026-53949 PUBLISHED

Ghost Content API filter bypass reveals private fields

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

Ghost is a Node.js content management system. From 5.46.1 until 6.21.2, the validation applied to filters on the public API endpoints could be partially bypassed, making it possible to reveal private fields via a brute force attack. If SQLite was used as the database password hashes were fully accessible. If MySQL was used as the database the password hashes' case (uppercase / lowercase) would have been lost, which would likely have rendered a further brute force attack on the discovered hashes fruitless. This vulnerability is fixed in 6.21.2.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score: 5.3

Product Status

Vendor TryGhost
Product Ghost
Versions
  • Version >= 5.46.1, < 6.21.2 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor CWE
  • CWE-693: Protection Mechanism Failure CWE