CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-66296

HighCVSS 8.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.32%

22th percentile - higher than 22% of all known CVEs

Summary

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.

Risk Assessment

A user with limited permissions can gain full administrative access to the system, leading to complete takeover of the platform.

Recommendation

Update Grav to 1.8.0-beta.27 or later and verify user accounts for duplicate usernames.

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Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS