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Grav API Plugin EUVDEUVD-2026-60599

| CVE-2026-75835 CRITICAL
Missing Authorization (CWE-862)
2026-08-18 VulnCheck GHSA-c746-wcwc-p482
9.3
CVSS 4.0 · Vendor: VulnCheck
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Obtain scoped API key on privileged account
  2. Delivery
    Send authorize-gated API request beyond scope
  3. Exploit
    userPassesAuthorize checks account not key scope
  4. Execution
    Return gated UI metadata
  5. Impact
    Information disclosure

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Authorization checks on every request
MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique across 1 tactic: Privilege Escalation

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires the attacker to already hold a valid API key that was minted on a privileged (super-admin or ACL-granted) Grav account, even if that key is nominally scope-restricted - the bug is that the declared scope is ignored. It further requires the Grav API plugin (version before 1.0.14) to be installed and reachable, and the target functionality is the authorize()-gated UI metadata endpoints (sidebar/menubar/widget item definitions and users-list columns/row-actions/filter-tabs). Limiting factors that lower real-world risk: the attacker must obtain a legitimately issued key (no unauthenticated path despite the published PR:N), keys minted on non-privileged accounts do NOT yield extra access, and the disclosed data is UI/metadata rather than full record contents - so this is not an unauthenticated compromise of default configurations.

Impact

The signals conflict and should be reconciled before prioritization. The published CVSS:4.0 vector rates this AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N with VC:H/VI:H/VA:H (score 9.3, critical), but the description contradicts this on two fronts: it explicitly requires 'an authenticated attacker holding a scoped API key' (so PR should be Low, not None), and the stated impact is information disclosure of UI metadata/item definitions only - not high integrity or availability impact. A VI:H/VA:H rating is not supported by the described behavior; realistically only a limited confidentiality impact applies. No CISA KEV listing and no POC are present in the provided intelligence, so exploitation is not confirmed and no public exploit identified at time of analysis. EPSS and SSVC data were not provided. Net: this is a genuine authorization-scoping defect worth patching, but the real-world severity is far lower than 9.3 - treat it as a low-to-moderate information-disclosure issue gated behind possession of a valid (if scoped) API key, not a critical unauthenticated RCE-class emergency. Verify the discrepancy with the vendor advisory (GHSA-p57v-xhv3-mf2w).

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An operator issues a deliberately scope-limited API key on a super-admin Grav account for a downstream integration; the integration (or an attacker who obtains that key) sends authorize-gated API requests outside the key's declared scope. Because the plugin authorizes against the account's super-admin flag instead of the key scope, the requests succeed and return sidebar/menubar/widget item definitions and users-list metadata the key should have been denied, disclosing administrative UI structure. No public exploit code is identified at time of analysis, and low attack complexity means the requests require no special timing or bypass once a valid key is held.

Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Why: CRITICAL severity.
Patch available 0.2% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Aug 18, 2026

Broken API-key scope enforcement in the Grav CMS API plugin (getgrav/grav-plugin-api) before 1.0.14 lets an authenticated holder of a restricted, scoped API key read authorize-gated administrative UI metadata that their scope should forbid. Because userPassesAuthorize() checks the underlying account's super-admin flag and ACL grants instead of the presenting key's declared scopes, a low-privilege key minted on a privileged account inherits the account's full authorization, exposing sidebar/menubar/widget item definitions and users-list columns, row-actions, and filter-tabs. No public exploit identified at time of analysis; impact is information disclosure only, and the published CVSS 4.0 9.3 appears materially overstated versus the described effect.

RemediationAI

Vendor-released patch: 1.0.14 - upgrade the Grav API plugin to 1.0.14 or later, which corrects userPassesAuthorize() to consult the presenting request's API key scopes. If immediate patching is not possible, reduce exposure by minting scoped API keys only on non-privileged, least-privilege accounts rather than on super-admin accounts (the flaw only inherits the underlying account's authorization, so keys on a genuinely limited account cannot escalate); revoke and reissue any scoped keys currently attached to super-admin accounts; and restrict network access to the API plugin's endpoints to trusted callers to limit who can present keys. The trade-off of reissuing keys on limited accounts is that any workflows legitimately relying on those keys' broad access will break and must be reconfigured. Consult the vendor advisory at https://github.com/getgrav/grav/security/advisories/GHSA-p57v-xhv3-mf2w for the authoritative fix guidance.

Affected VersionsENISA

grav 0 <1.0.14

Affected Packages

euvd grav fix: 1.0.14

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

Checking this CVE against your own stacks and servers is part of the Basic plan and up.

Technical ContextAI · show details

Grav is a PHP-based flat-file CMS, and its API plugin exposes admin/UI functionality over HTTP using scoped API keys intended to constrain what a given key may do. The flaw is a CWE-862 Missing Authorization in AbstractApiController.php: the authorization gate userPassesAuthorize() evaluates the account object (its raw super_admin boolean and account-level ACL grants) rather than intersecting those permissions with the scope restrictions attached to the specific API key that made the request. When a scoped key is issued against a super-admin (or otherwise privileged) account, every authorize()-gated code path therefore evaluates as if the caller were the full account, collapsing the intended scope boundary. The exposed objects are UI/metadata definitions - navigation items and users-list rendering metadata (columns, row-actions, filter-tabs) - not the full data records themselves. The single CPE, cpe:2.3:a:getgrav:grav:*, is a coarse wildcard against the Grav product and does not by itself pin the plugin version boundary; the authoritative fix boundary is 'before 1.0.14' from the description and advisory.

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Severity by source

Vendor (VulnCheck) PRIMARY 9.3 CRITICAL
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
vuln.today AI 4.3 MEDIUM

Requires a valid (scoped) API key so PR:L not PR:N; impact is disclosure of UI metadata only, so C:L with I:N and A:N.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (VulnCheck).

CVSS VectorVendor: VulnCheck

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Requirements
None
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Vulnerable system: Confidentiality
High
Vulnerable system: Integrity
High
Vulnerable system: Availability
High
Subsequent system: Confidentiality
None
Subsequent system: Integrity
None
Subsequent system: Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

2
Patch available
Aug 18, 2026 - 12:02 EUVD
CVE Published
Aug 18, 2026 - 11:19 cve.org
CRITICAL 9.3

DescriptionCVE.org

Grav API plugin (getgrav/grav-plugin-api) before 1.0.14 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in userPassesAuthorize() (AbstractApiController.php). The function fails to consult the calling request's API key scopes, relying instead on the account's raw super-admin flag and ACL grants. As a result, an authenticated attacker holding a scoped API key minted on a privileged account can bypass their declared scope restrictions to access authorize-gated UI metadata and item definitions (sidebar/menubar/widget items and users-list columns/row-actions/filter-tabs) that their key scope should deny, resulting in information disclosure.

Executive ViewAI

Why It Matters

Grav CMS API plugin versions before 1.0.14 contain a scope enforcement flaw where restricted API keys incorrectly inherit full administrator privileges from their parent accounts, allowing disclosure of sensitive administrative interface metadata including user lists, system configuration, and interface definitions. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, but organizations using Grav CMS with API integrations that rely on scoped keys for third-party or developer access are affected. While currently limited to information disclosure, this exposes sensitive data that could facilitate social engineering or guide further attack planning.

Business Impact: High
Compensating Controls

No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis. Interim mitigations: (1) Restrict API key creation to non-privileged accounts only; (2) Immediately audit all scoped API keys assigned to privileged accounts and revoke or regenerate them; (3) Implement rate limiting and access logging on API endpoints to detect unauthorized metadata queries; (4) Disable the API plugin on non-critical systems pending patch availability if operationally feasible.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 87% exploitable
Prevalence
Low
niche API add-on for the Grav flat-file CMS, limited enterprise footprint
Data Quality
6 sources
Confidence: High

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity CRITICAL
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.2%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
CRITICAL severity
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision
Scheduled
Exploitation
Poc
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
No
Human Impact
High
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

46
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +46
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.

Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.

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