CVE-2024-34451

Ghost through 5.85.1 allows remote attackers to bypass an authentication rate-limit protection mechanism by using many X-Forwarded-For headers with different values. NOTE: the vendor's position is that Ghost should be installed with a reverse proxy that allows only trusted X-Forwarded-For headers.

CVSS v3 9.1 CRITICAL

9.1^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.2

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iy0X4Vc9xXYoBxFrcW6ATo8GKPV6ivuLVzn6GgEpwqE	Exploit
https://ghost.org/docs/faq/proxying-https-infinite-loops/	Product
https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/releases	Product
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iy0X4Vc9xXYoBxFrcW6ATo8GKPV6ivuLVzn6GgEpwqE	Exploit
https://ghost.org/docs/faq/proxying-https-infinite-loops/	Product
https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/releases	Product

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:ghost:ghost:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

History

20 Jun 2025, 18:06

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time		Ghost Ghost ghost
References	~~() https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iy0X4Vc9xXYoBxFrcW6ATo8GKPV6ivuLVzn6GgEpwqE -~~	() https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iy0X4Vc9xXYoBxFrcW6ATo8GKPV6ivuLVzn6GgEpwqE - Exploit
References	~~() https://ghost.org/docs/faq/proxying-https-infinite-loops/ -~~	() https://ghost.org/docs/faq/proxying-https-infinite-loops/ - Product
References	~~() https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/releases -~~	() https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost/releases - Product
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:ghost:ghost::::::node.js::*

Information

Published : 2024-06-16 22:15

Updated : 2025-06-20 18:06

NVD link : CVE-2024-34451

Mitre link : CVE-2024-34451

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-34451

JSON object : View

Products Affected

ghost

ghost

CWE

CWE-1390

Weak Authentication

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