CVE-2026-72596Ghost Foundation Ghost - Broken Access Control
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A broken access control vulnerability in Ghost Foundation Ghost 5.x allows authenticated Author-role users to delete posts owned by other users. The post model permissible() cascade is missing the branch that handles the combined isAuthor and isDestroy condition, causing the authorization check to fall through and permit the deletion. An attacker with an Author account can delete any post on the platform.
- CVSS
- 8.1 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-284
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- TuranSec
- NVD analysis
- Deferred
- Record last updated
- Aug 11, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Ghost Foundation Ghost ghost_foundation:ghost (from the name) | through 5.x | CNA record |
References
- https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost
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