GHSA-w52v-v783-gw97
Ghost has a SQL injection in Content API
Packages
Details
As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).
### Impact
A SQL injection vulnerability existed in Ghost's Content API that allowed unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary data from the database.
### Vulnerable Versions
This vulnerability is present in Ghost v3.24.0 to v6.19.0.
### Patches
v6.19.1 contains a fix for this issue.
**Note:** as this vulnerability lets an attacker gain access to a site's API keys, we recommend reviewing staff users and rotating keys. We generally recommend always updating Ghost to its most current version.
### Workarounds
There is no application-level workaround. The Content API key is public by design, so restricting key access does not mitigate this vulnerability.
As a temporary mitigation, a reverse proxy or WAF rule can be used to block Content API requests containing `slug%3A%5B` or `slug:[` in the query string filter parameter. Note that this may break legitimate slug filter functionality.
### References
We thank Nicholas Carlini using Claude, Anthropic for disclosing this vulnerability responsibly.
### For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, email us at [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]).
References
External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.
- https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/security/advisories/GHSA-w52v-v783-gw97
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-26980
- https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/commit/30868d632b2252b638bc8a4c8ebf73964592ed91
- https://blog.xlab.qianxin.com/ghost-cms-page-poisoning-cve-2026-26980
- https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost
- https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/releases/tag/v6.19.1