Ghost <= 1.4.0 - Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure
Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 1.5.0
- Affected Plugin
- Ghost
- Affected Version
<= 1.4.0- CVSS
- 5.3Medium
- Weakness type
- CWE-532 · Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File
- CVE
CVE-2024-34559
At a glance
CVE-2024-34559 is a medium-severity Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File vulnerability in the Ghost WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 1.4.0. It carries a CVSS score of 5.3 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 1.5.0; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed May 2024, reported by Joshua Chan.
Vulnerability Overview
The Ghost plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.0 through publicly exposed log files. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to view potentially sensitive information contained in the exposed log files.
Technical Analysis
The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no privileges on the target site, and no interaction from a victim user.
CWE-532: Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File
The product writes sensitive information to a log file.
Remediation
Update to version 1.5.0, or a newer patched version
How does WordSec protect against this?
This one needs no account at all, which puts it outside what login hardening can reach; WordSec's login security narrows the account-level paths around it, and the firewall is what inspects the request itself. None of that substitutes for the fix: Ghost 1.5.0 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
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