Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V5 - File Handling Path canonicalization, traversal prevention
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Discovery, Collection The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | Sensitive files such as configuration files, credentials, or system files can be read, potentially leading to further compromise. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), this represents a significant risk. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker modifies a file parameter to include directory traversal sequences (../../etc/passwd) to read arbitrary files from the server filesystem. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Mar 15, 2026
Grav is a file-based Web platform. Prior to 1.8.0-beta.27, when a user with privilege of user creation creates a new user through the Admin UI and supplies a username containing path traversal sequences (for example ..\Nijat or ../Nijat), Grav writes the account YAML file to an unintended path outside user/accounts/. The written YAML can contain account fields such as email, fullname, twofa_secret, and hashed_password. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.8.0-beta.27.
Earlier versions of this analysis (1)
RemediationAI
A vendor patch is available — apply it immediately. Validate and sanitize file path inputs. Use a whitelist of allowed files or directories. Implement chroot jails or containerization.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
Affects your stack
Affects 2 packages in composer, euvd
Checking this CVE against your own stacks and servers is part of the Basic plan and up.
Technical ContextAI · show details
Path traversal allows an attacker to access files outside the intended directory by manipulating file paths with sequences like '../'.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Primary rating from Vendor (github) · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorVendor: github
Lifecycle Timeline
2Executive ViewAI
A path traversal vulnerability in Grav CMS allows authenticated users with account creation privileges to write sensitive user credentials (passwords, two-factor secrets, email addresses) to arbitrary locations on the server filesystem. Organizations running Grav versions before 1.8.0-beta.27 face risk of credential exposure and potential system compromise if admin accounts are created by untrusted personnel.
Apply vendor patch. If immediate patching is not feasible: (1) Disable the user creation feature in the Admin UI until patching is complete; (2) restrict Admin UI access by IP whitelist or VPN; (3) implement filesystem integrity monitoring to detect unauthorized YAML files; (4) conduct daily audits of the user/accounts/ directory and parent directories for newly created YAML files.
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
Priority Score
Attack Technique
Path traversal exploits occur when applications use user-controlled input to construct file system paths without proper validation.
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