CVE-2023-32235: Ghost

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 39.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Ghost before 5.42.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files within the active theme's folder via /assets/built%2F..%2F..%2F/ directory traversal. This occurs in frontend/web/middleware/static-theme.js.

Affected products

• Ghost Ghost: before 5.42.1 (fixed in 5.42.1)

Published 2023-05-05. Last modified 2026-06-17.