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CVE-2022-28397

35
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-28397 is an arbitrary file upload vulnerability in Ghost CMS v4.42.0, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code through crafted file uploads. This critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) has a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with a low attack complexity and no required privileges. While the vendor notes that only trusted users can upload files, limiting its broad exploitability, there is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code is available, though it has garnered significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.42.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ghost:ghost:4.42.0:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.25%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0325 is in the 79th percentile among its peer group of 36,897 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-ffhq-g856-9f2pcritical

Arbitrary file upload in Ghost

Apr 13, 2022

References

ghost.org / customers
Product
ghost.org / docs/security
github.com / TryGhost/Ghost
Third Party Advisory
trends.builtwith.com / cms/Ghost
Product
youtu.be / PncfBetPk2g
ExploitThird Party Advisory