Vulnerability GHSA-v3xr-g6p2-fvgv

High Risk
HIGH RISK
CVSS Score: 8.1
Score Range: 7.0–8.9
High severity vulnerabilities (CVSS 7.0–8.9). Serious vulnerabilities that should be prioritized soon after critical fixes.
1 day ago
October 07, 2026 at 08:27 PM UTC
Ghost: Stored XSS via oEmbed Photo Responses
2.5.0 - 6.63.0
2.5.0 - 6.63.0

Summary

Ghost: Stored XSS via oEmbed Photo Responses

Details

Impact

Embedding a URL from an attacker-controlled website could result in untrusted scripts being stored in post content. These scripts could run in the Ghost editor, on the published site, and in newsletter emails, possibly resulting in compromise of a staff user's admin session.

Vulnerable versions

This vulnerability is present in Ghost from v2.1.0 up to v6.64.0.

Patches

v6.64.0 contains a fix for this issue.

How to update

For self-hosters using Docker, find Docker's official Ghost image here. Updating a Docker-based Ghost instance is documented here.

If your Ghost is a Ghost-CLI install see our documentation on updating it to the latest version here.

References

Ghost thanks SecBuddyF of Tencent KeenLab and Nhat Anh Vu for disclosing this vulnerability responsibly.

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, email us at [email protected].

Impacted packages

Timeline

Published
1 day ago
October 07, 2026 at 08:27 PM UTC
Fixed (6.64.0)
Unknown
Unknown
Last Modified
4 hours ago
October 09, 2026 at 12:10 PM UTC