Description
A broken access control vulnerability in Ghost Foundation Ghost 5.x allows authenticated Author-role users to delete posts owned by other users. The post model permissible() cascade is missing the branch that handles the combined isAuthor and isDestroy condition, causing the authorization check to fall through and permit the deletion. An attacker with an Author account can delete any post on the platform.
Published: 2026-08-11
Score: 8.1 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Tue, 11 Aug 2026 17:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Ghost
Ghost ghost
Vendors & Products Ghost
Ghost ghost

Tue, 11 Aug 2026 13:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 11 Aug 2026 11:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A broken access control vulnerability in Ghost Foundation Ghost 5.x allows authenticated Author-role users to delete posts owned by other users. The post model permissible() cascade is missing the branch that handles the combined isAuthor and isDestroy condition, causing the authorization check to fall through and permit the deletion. An attacker with an Author account can delete any post on the platform.
Title Ghost Foundation Ghost - Broken Access Control
Weaknesses CWE-284
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: TuranSec

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-11T12:15:13.662Z

Reserved: 2026-08-10T10:33:03.257Z

Link: CVE-2026-72596

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-11T12:15:10.645Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-11T12:17:42.543

Modified: 2026-08-11T13:19:03.890

Link: CVE-2026-72596

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-11T17:15:06Z

Weaknesses