CVE-2023-37897
HighCVSS 7.2Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
High risk81th percentile - higher than 81% of all known CVEs
Summary
Grav, a file-based web platform built in PHP, is vulnerable to a server side template injection (SSTI) attack. Version 1.7.42 and later have a flaw in the `isDangerousFunction()` which allows the execution of malicious code by prepending a double backslash (`\`).
Risk Assessment
An attacker with access to an Administrator account or a non-administrator user account with Admin panel access can exploit this vulnerability to execute unauthorized code on the server.
Recommendation
It is recommended to upgrade to version 1.7.42.2, which includes a fix for this vulnerability. There are no known workarounds for this issue.
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- CVE-2026-100668Medium
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- CVE-2026-44738High
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- CVE-2026-42611High
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- CVE-2026-75837Critical
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- CVE-2026-65008Critical
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- CVE-2025-66844Critical
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- CVE-2025-66301Critical
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- CVE-2026-109325High
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- CVE-2026-109324Medium
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Original NVD description (English source)
Grav is a file-based Web-platform built in PHP. Grav is subject to a server side template injection (SSTI) vulnerability. The fix for another SSTI vulnerability using `|map`, `|filter` and `|reduce` twigs implemented in the commit `71bbed1` introduces bypass of the denylist due to incorrect return value from `isDangerousFunction()`, which allows to execute the payload prepending double backslash (`\\`). The `isDangerousFunction()` check in version 1.7.42 and onwards retuns `false` value instead of `true` when the `\` symbol is found in the `$name`. This vulnerability can be exploited if the attacker has access to: 1. an Administrator account, or 2. a non-administrator, user account that has Admin panel access and Create/Update page permissions. A fix for this vulnerability has been introduced in commit `b4c6210` and is included in release version `1.7.42.2`. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
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