Ghost: Authorization Bypass in Comments Feature

Impact

An input validation issue allowed members to access comments they were not authorized to access.

Vulnerable versions

This vulnerability is present in Ghost from v5.9.0 up to v6.44.1.

Patches

v6.44.1 contains a fix for this issue.

How to update

For self-hosters using Docker, find Docker's official Ghost image here. Updating a Docker-based Ghost instance is documented here.

If your Ghost is a Ghost-CLI install see our documentation on updating it to the latest version here.

References

Ghost thanks Himanshu Anand (@anand_himanshu) for disclosing this vulnerability responsibly.

For more information

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