nuclei-templates/cves/2021/CVE-2021-29484.yaml

id: CVE-2021-29484

info:
  name: DOM XSS in Ghost CMS
  author: rootxharsh,iamnoooob
  severity: medium
  description: Ghost is a Node.js CMS. An unused endpoint added during the development of 4.0.0 has left sites vulnerable to untrusted users gaining access to Ghost Admin. Attackers can gain access by getting logged in users to click a link containing malicious code. Users do not need to enter credentials and may not know they've visited a malicious site.
  reference:
    - https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/security/advisories/GHSA-9fgx-q25h-jxrg
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29484
    - https://www.npmjs.com/package/ghost
    - https://forum.ghost.org/t/critical-security-update-available-for-ghost-4-x/22290
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    cvss-score: 6.1
    cve-id: CVE-2021-29484
    cwe-id: CWE-79
  tags: cve,cve2021,xss,ghost

requests:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/ghost/preview"

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        words:
          - 'XMLHttpRequest.prototype.open'
        part: body

      - type: word
        words:
          - 'text/html'
        part: header

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200