6.1

CVE-2024-23725: ghost Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 6.1v3.1MediumModified
AliasesGHSA-fh38-9fgr-454wBIT-ghost-2024-23725
Published 21-01-2024Last modified 30-05-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-23725 is a medium (CVSS 6.1) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in ghost. EPSS estimates a 0.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 36.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
24/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.1/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.44%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 21-01-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 30-05-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Ghost before 5.76.0 allows XSS via a post excerpt in excerpt.js. An XSS payload can be rendered in post summaries.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.44%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

37%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.44% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.44%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ghost1 product
Npm1 product
  • ghost< 5.76.0

2 vendors · 2 products

References

5 links