Description
Ghost is a Node.js content management system. From 6.27.0 before 6.44.0, Ghost's public donation checkout flow allowed an unauthenticated attacker to control donation checkout metadata and obtain full paid gift memberships for a minimal payment without exposing customer or member data or stealing money from a site or its members. This issue is fixed in version 6.44.0.
Published: 2026-07-09
Score: 5.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-xm43-3m56-w3wf Ghost: Paid gift memberships obtainable at minimal cost via the donations feature
History

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 01:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 10 Jul 2026 09:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Ghost
Ghost ghost
Vendors & Products Ghost
Ghost ghost

Thu, 09 Jul 2026 18:00:00 +0000

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Description Ghost is a Node.js content management system. From 6.27.0 before 6.44.0, Ghost's public donation checkout flow allowed an unauthenticated attacker to control donation checkout metadata and obtain full paid gift memberships for a minimal payment without exposing customer or member data or stealing money from a site or its members. This issue is fixed in version 6.44.0.
Title Ghost: Paid gift memberships obtainable at minimal cost via the donations feature
Weaknesses CWE-472
CWE-639
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-14T01:04:55.237Z

Reserved: 2026-07-07T15:00:50.978Z

Link: CVE-2026-59817

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-14T01:04:50.691Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-07-09T18:16:57.603

Modified: 2026-07-14T02:16:57.390

Link: CVE-2026-59817

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-01T14:15:03Z

Weaknesses