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Vulnerability details: VCID-744d-rhkz-87fp
Vulnerability ID VCID-744d-rhkz-87fp
Aliases CVE-2024-23724
GHSA-99vc-xw8j-phjm
Summary Ghost through 5.76.0 allows stored XSS, and resultant privilege escalation in which a contributor can take over any account, via an SVG profile picture that contains JavaScript code to interact with the API on localhost TCP port 3001. NOTE: The discoverer reports that "The vendor does not view this as a valid vector."
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
epss 0.38375 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-23724
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-99vc-xw8j-phjm
cvssv3.1 6.5 https://github.com/RhinoSecurityLabs/CVEs/tree/master/CVE-2024-23724
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/RhinoSecurityLabs/CVEs/tree/master/CVE-2024-23724
ssvc Track https://github.com/RhinoSecurityLabs/CVEs/tree/master/CVE-2024-23724
cvssv3.1 6.5 https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost
cvssv3.1 6.5 https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/pull/19646
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/pull/19646
ssvc Track https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/pull/19646
cvssv3.1 6.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-23724
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-23724
cvssv3.1 6.5 https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/blog
generic_textual MODERATE https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/blog
ssvc Track https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/blog/
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-23724
https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/blog
19646 https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/pull/19646
blog https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/blog/
CVE-2024-23724 https://github.com/RhinoSecurityLabs/CVEs/tree/master/CVE-2024-23724
CVE-2024-23724 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-23724
GHSA-99vc-xw8j-phjm https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-99vc-xw8j-phjm
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://github.com/RhinoSecurityLabs/CVEs/tree/master/CVE-2024-23724
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-02-12T17:17:21Z/ Found at https://github.com/RhinoSecurityLabs/CVEs/tree/master/CVE-2024-23724
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/pull/19646
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-02-12T17:17:21Z/ Found at https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/pull/19646
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-23724
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L Found at https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/blog
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-02-12T17:17:21Z/ Found at https://rhinosecuritylabs.com/blog/
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.97335
EPSS Score 0.38375
Published At June 11, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-10T18:27:55.648215+00:00 Vulnrichment Import https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2024/23xxx/CVE-2024-23724.json 38.6.0