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GHSA-XPP7-93X6-V29M

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-04 21:54 – Updated: 2026-08-04 21:54

Summary

XSS in Ghost's ActivityPub client

Details

Impact

The ActivityPub client in Ghost was vulnerable to JavaScript injection on posts shared by a maliciously customised ActivityPub server.

Vulnerable Versions

This vulnerability is present in the @tryghost/activitypub package up to v3.0.8. All prior versions are also affected.

Patches

@tryghost/activitypub v3.1.0 contains a fix for this issue and is also automatically fetched by Ghost.

References

Ghost thanks Brad Geesaman, Ghost Security for disclosing this vulnerability responsibly.

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, email Ghost at security@ghost.org.

Severity

7.5 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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  "details": "### Impact\n\nThe ActivityPub client in Ghost was vulnerable to JavaScript injection on posts shared by a maliciously customised ActivityPub server.\n\n### Vulnerable Versions\n\nThis vulnerability is present in the @tryghost/activitypub package up to v3.0.8. All prior versions are also affected. \n\n### Patches\n\n@tryghost/activitypub v3.1.0 contains a fix for this issue and is also automatically fetched by Ghost.\n\n### References\n\nGhost thanks Brad Geesaman, Ghost Security for disclosing this vulnerability responsibly. \n\n### For more information\n\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory, email Ghost at [security@ghost.org](mailto:security@ghost.org).",
  "id": "GHSA-xpp7-93x6-v29m",
  "modified": "2026-08-04T21:54:01Z",
  "published": "2026-08-04T21:54:01Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/security/advisories/GHSA-xpp7-93x6-v29m"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53950"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost"
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  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "XSS in Ghost\u0027s ActivityPub client"
}

CVE-2026-53950 (GCVE-0-2026-53950)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-24 18:04 – Updated: 2026-06-24 18:49

Title

@tryghost/activitypub: XSS in Ghost's ActivityPub client

Summary

@tryghost/activitypub is Ghost’s social/federation client app. Prior to 3.1.0, the ActivityPub client in Ghost was vulnerable to JavaScript injection on posts shared by a maliciously customised ActivityPub server. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.1.0.

Severity

7.5 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Assigner

GitHub_M

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/security/adviso…	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
TryGhost	Ghost	Affected: < 3.1.0

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GHSA-XPP7-93X6-V29M

Impact

Vulnerable Versions

Patches

References

For more information

CVE-2026-53950 (GCVE-0-2026-53950)

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