CVE-2026-42613 PUBLISHED

Grav: Privilege Escalation via Missing Server-Side Validation of groups/access

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 29.04.2026 Published: 11.05.2026 Updated: 11.05.2026

Grav is a file-based Web platform. Prior to 2.0.0-beta.2, the Login::register() method in the Login plugin accepts attacker-controlled groups and access fields from the registration POST data without server-side validation. When registration is enabled and groups or access are included in the configured allowed fields list, an unauthenticated user can self-register with admin.super privileges by injecting these fields into the registration request. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.0.0-beta.2.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
CVSS Score: 9.4

Product Status

Vendor getgrav
Product grav
Versions
  • Version < 2.0.0-beta.2 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-20: Improper Input Validation CWE
  • CWE-862: Missing Authorization CWE