Ghost: Authorization Bypass in Comment Like Feature

### Impact An input validation issue allowed members to delete comment likes / dislikes that they were not authorized to delete. ### Vulnerable versions This vulnerability is present in Ghost from v5.9.0 up to v6.44.1. ### Patches v6.44.1 contains a fix for this issue. ### How to update For self-hosters using Docker, find [Docker's official Ghost image here](https://hub.docker.com/_/ghost). Updating a Docker-based Ghost instance [is documented here](https://docs.ghost.org/install/docker#updating-ghost). If your Ghost is a Ghost-CLI install see our documentation on [updating it to the latest version here](https://docs.ghost.org/update). ### References Ghost thanks [Adel Assakaf](https://github.com/assakafpix) and [Arthur Gurunlian](https://github.com/Buggs777) as well as Geoffrey Diederichs of [Escape](https://escape.tech/) for disclosing this vulnerability responsibly. ### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, email us at [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]).

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