CVE-2026-59817

Ghost: Paid gift memberships obtainable at minimal cost via the donations feature

Published: Jul 9, 2026Updated: Jul 14, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-472

5.3MEDIUM

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAttack Vector

Network

AC:LAttack Complexity

Low

PR:NPrivileges Required

None

UI:NUser Interaction

None

Scope

S:UScope

Unchanged

Impact

C:NConfidentiality

None

I:LIntegrity

Low

A:NAvailability

None

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Weaknesses

CWE-472 CWE-639

Affected Products

TryGhost

commercialaka ghost, express-hbs

GhostSaaS

Web & CMS Plugins / cms-core

Exploitability

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References

https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/commit/cab716cd015ac04b7ee50c7a405478d97bc7b1e0

github.com

https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/commit/ee7b991b466a7849c70f9d1caed8e491ee4113c6

github.com

https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/pull/28351

github.com

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