{"id":"CVE-2023-32235","aliases":["BIT-ghost-2023-32235","GHSA-wf7x-fh6w-34r6"],"url":"https://o3.security/vulnerability/CVE-2023-32235","summary":"Path Traversal in Ghost","details":"Ghost before 5.42.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files within the active theme's folder via /assets/built%2F..%2F..%2F/ directory traversal. This occurs in frontend/web/middleware/static-theme.js.","published":"2023-05-05T00:00:00Z","modified":"2026-08-12T03:51:26.623563509Z","cvss":{"score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"epss":null,"cisaKev":null,"exploitsKnown":4,"affectedPackages":[{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"ghost","fixedVersion":"5.42.1"}],"fix":{"url":"https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/commit/378dd913aa8d0fd0da29b0ffced8884579598b0f","label":"TryGhost/Ghost@378dd91"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/compare/v5.42.0...v5.42.1"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/32xxx/CVE-2023-32235.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-32235"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/commit/378dd913aa8d0fd0da29b0ffced8884579598b0f"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2026-08-12T03:51:26.623563509Z"}}