GHSA-xm43-3m56-w3wf
Ghost: Paid gift memberships obtainable at minimal cost via the donations feature
Packages
Details
As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).
### Impact
A vulnerability in Ghost's public donation checkout flow allowed an unauthenticated attacker to obtain full paid gift memberships for a minimal payment. No customer or member data was exposed, and the issue could not be used to steal money from a site or its members.
### Vulnerable versions
This vulnerability is present in Ghost from [v6.27.0](https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/releases/tag/v6.27.0) up to [v6.43.1](https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/releases/tag/v6.43.1).
### Patches
[v6.44.0](https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/releases/tag/v6.44.0) contains a fix for this issue.
### How to update
For self-hosters using Docker, find [Docker’s official Ghost image on Docker Hub](https://hub.docker.com/_/ghost) and follow the documentation on [updating a Docker-based Ghost instance](https://docs.ghost.org/install/docker#updating-ghost).
For self-hosters using Ghost-CLI, see the documentation for [updating Ghost to the latest version](https://docs.ghost.org/update).
### Workarounds
If upgrading immediately is not possible, you can remove the vulnerable checkout path by disabling the donations feature in Ghost Admin under Settings → Membership → Tips & donations until the upgrade is applied.
### References
Ghost thanks sane100400 and [p4p3r](https://hackerone.com/p4p3r_hak) for disclosing this vulnerability responsibly.
### For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, email Ghost 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-xm43-3m56-w3wf
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-59817
- https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/pull/28351
- https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/pull/28352
- https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/commit/cab716cd015ac04b7ee50c7a405478d97bc7b1e0
- https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/commit/ee7b991b466a7849c70f9d1caed8e491ee4113c6
- https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost