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Vulnerability details: VCID-cv37-vmbh-hbge
Vulnerability ID VCID-cv37-vmbh-hbge
Aliases CVE-2026-26980
GHSA-w52v-v783-gw97
Summary Ghost is a Node.js content management system. Versions 3.24.0 through 6.19.0 allow unauthenticated attackers to perform arbitrary reads from the database. This issue has been fixed in version 6.19.1.
Status Published
Exploitability 2.0
Weighted Severity 9.0
Risk 10.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-89 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
epss 0.56657 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-26980
cvssv3.1 9.4 https://blog.xlab.qianxin.com/ghost-cms-page-poisoning-cve-2026-26980
generic_textual CRITICAL https://blog.xlab.qianxin.com/ghost-cms-page-poisoning-cve-2026-26980
cvssv3.1_qr CRITICAL https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w52v-v783-gw97
cvssv3.1 9.4 https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost
generic_textual CRITICAL https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost
cvssv3.1 9.4 https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/commit/30868d632b2252b638bc8a4c8ebf73964592ed91
generic_textual CRITICAL https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/commit/30868d632b2252b638bc8a4c8ebf73964592ed91
ssvc Track https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/commit/30868d632b2252b638bc8a4c8ebf73964592ed91
cvssv3.1 9.4 https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/releases/tag/v6.19.1
generic_textual CRITICAL https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/releases/tag/v6.19.1
ssvc Track https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/releases/tag/v6.19.1
cvssv3.1 9.4 https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/security/advisories/GHSA-w52v-v783-gw97
cvssv3.1_qr CRITICAL https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/security/advisories/GHSA-w52v-v783-gw97
generic_textual CRITICAL https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/security/advisories/GHSA-w52v-v783-gw97
ssvc Track https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/security/advisories/GHSA-w52v-v783-gw97
cvssv3.1 9.4 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-26980
generic_textual CRITICAL https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-26980
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-26980
https://blog.xlab.qianxin.com/ghost-cms-page-poisoning-cve-2026-26980
30868d632b2252b638bc8a4c8ebf73964592ed91 https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/commit/30868d632b2252b638bc8a4c8ebf73964592ed91
CVE-2026-26980 Exploit https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/multiple/webapps/52555.txt
CVE-2026-26980 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-26980
GHSA-w52v-v783-gw97 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w52v-v783-gw97
GHSA-w52v-v783-gw97 https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/security/advisories/GHSA-w52v-v783-gw97
v6.19.1 https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/releases/tag/v6.19.1
Data source Exploit-DB
Date added May 7, 2026
Description Ghost CMS 6.19.0 - SQLi
Ransomware campaign use Unknown
Source publication date May 7, 2026
Exploit type webapps
Platform multiple
Source update date May 26, 2026
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L Found at https://blog.xlab.qianxin.com/ghost-cms-page-poisoning-cve-2026-26980
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L Found at https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/commit/30868d632b2252b638bc8a4c8ebf73964592ed91
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:Y/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2026-02-20T15:30:19Z/ Found at https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/commit/30868d632b2252b638bc8a4c8ebf73964592ed91
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L Found at https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/releases/tag/v6.19.1
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:Y/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2026-02-20T15:30:19Z/ Found at https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/releases/tag/v6.19.1
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L Found at https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/security/advisories/GHSA-w52v-v783-gw97
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

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none

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:Y/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2026-02-20T15:30:19Z/ Found at https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/security/advisories/GHSA-w52v-v783-gw97
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-26980
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

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required

unchanged

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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.98166
EPSS Score 0.56657
Published At June 11, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-11T16:44:34.502226+00:00 Vulnrichment Import https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2026/26xxx/CVE-2026-26980.json 38.6.0