CVE-2026-59817

Ghost: Paid gift memberships obtainable at minimal cost via the donations feature

Published

2026-08-04

Modified

2026-08-04

EPSS percentile

17%

Aliases

GHSA-xm43-3m56-w3wf

Sources

github-advisory

Summary

### 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]).

Affected packages

Remediation: Upgrade to 6.44.0 or later.

References

• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xm43-3m56-w3wf