CVE-2025-66296

πŸ”΄ HIGH

Grav is a file-based Web platform. Prior to 1.8.0-beta.27, a privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Grav’s Admin plugin due to the absence of username uniqueness validation when creating users....

Published
Dec 01, 2025
Last Modified
Dec 04, 2025
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Grav is a file-based Web platform. Prior to 1.8.0-beta.27, a privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Grav’s Admin plugin due to the absence of username uniqueness validation when creating users. A user with the create user permission can create a new account using the same username as an existing administrator account, set a new password/email, and then log in as that administrator. This effectively allows privilege escalation from limited user-manager permissions to full administrator access. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.8.0-beta.27.

Affected Products (27)

getgrav - grav

Version: *

getgrav - grav

Version: 1.8.0

getgrav - grav

Version: 1.8.0

getgrav - grav

Version: 1.8.0

getgrav - grav

Version: 1.8.0

getgrav - grav

Version: 1.8.0

getgrav - grav

Version: 1.8.0

getgrav - grav

Version: 1.8.0

getgrav - grav

Version: 1.8.0

getgrav - grav

Version: 1.8.0

getgrav - grav

Version: 1.8.0

getgrav - grav

Version: 1.8.0

getgrav - grav

Version: 1.8.0

getgrav - grav

Version: 1.8.0

getgrav - grav

Version: 1.8.0

getgrav - grav

Version: 1.8.0

getgrav - grav

Version: 1.8.0

getgrav - grav

Version: 1.8.0

getgrav - grav

Version: 1.8.0

getgrav - grav

Version: 1.8.0

getgrav - grav

Version: 1.8.0

getgrav - grav

Version: 1.8.0

getgrav - grav

Version: 1.8.0

getgrav - grav

Version: 1.8.0

getgrav - grav

Version: 1.8.0

getgrav - grav

Version: 1.8.0

getgrav - grav

Version: 1.8.0

CVSS Scores

CVSS 3.1 8.8
8.8
HIGH
CVSS 2.0 8.8

Additional Information

Source
security-advisories@github.com
State
Analyzed

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