CVE•Published 2026-08-11•Modified 2026-08-28•1 article on news•4 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-72596
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.1
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
12
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 88% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
A broken access control vulnerability in Ghost Foundation Ghost 5.x allows authenticated Author-role users to delete posts owned by other users. The post model permissible() cascade is missing the branch that handles the combined isAuthor and isDestroy condition, causing the authorization check to fall through and permit the deletion. An attacker with an Author account can delete any post on the platform.
Timeline
Published 2026-08-11
Modified 2026-08-28
External references
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More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-72596Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-72596Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
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GitHub code
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Google dork
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Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2026-72596 on GitHub.