CVE•Published 2022-04-12•Modified 2026-07-09•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2022-28397Ghost · Ghost
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
88
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 12% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
An arbitrary file upload vulnerability in the file upload module of Ghost CMS v4.42.0 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted file. NOTE: Vendor states as detailed in Ghost's security documentation, files can only be uploaded and published by trusted users, this is intentional.
Timeline
Published 2022-04-12
Modified 2026-07-09
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2022-28397Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product + version
product:"Ghost Ghost" version:"4.42.0"Version-pinned fingerprint from NVD's first vulnerable CPE.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Ghost"HTTP body or banner mentions "Ghost" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2022-28397Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2022-28397Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2022-28397Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2022-28397GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2022-28397" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.