High

Grav is vulnerable to Server-Side Template Injection (SSTI) via Forms

  • Disclosed: 02.12.2025
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

Summary

Having a simple form on site can reveal the whole Grav configuration details (including plugin configuration details) by using the correct POST payload. Sensitive information may be contained in the configuration details.

PoC

Create a simple form with two fields, 'registration-number' and 'hp'. Add a submit button and set the method to POST(screenshot attached below). Form name set to 'hero-form'. Send a POST request with the following payload and you will notice a response with a php array listing the whole Grav configuration details - including plugins(screenshot attached).

registration-number:d643aaaa

hp:vJyifp

form-name:hero-form

unique_form_id:{{var_dump(_context|slice(0,7))}}

Screenshot 2025-03-25 at 7 26 02 AM

Screenshot 2025-03-25 at 7 22 58 AM

Impact

Server-Side Template (SST) vulnerability. The vulnerability affects the latest Grav version as of 25th of Match 2025 (1.7.48) with all plugins installed (including forms plugin v.7.4.2) to their latest versions as well.

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Composer package getgrav/grav < 1.8.0-beta.27 1.8.0-beta.27

References

CVSS score -
CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-1336
Platform
Composer
Package
getgrav/grav
Disclosed
02.12.2025
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-8535-hvm8-2hmv - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: getgrav/grav

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Composer package), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

All (99) in the archive
Total entries
99
First → latest
11.2019 09.2026
Without a fix
6
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • Critical 7
  • High 47
  • Medium 41
  • Low 4

Disclosures per year

  1. 2019: 1
  2. 2020: 1
  3. 2021: 4
  4. 2022: 10
  5. 2023: 5
  6. 2024: 8
  7. 2025: 23
  8. 2026: 47
Severity:
  1. Grav is vulnerable to Server-Side Template Injection (SSTI) via Forms this entry
    High CVE-2025-66298 < 1.8.0-beta.27 1.8.0-beta.27
  2. High · 8.8 CVE-2026-72819 < 2.0.13 2.0.13
  3. High CVE-2026-53653 >= 2.0.0-beta.1, < 2.0.0-rc.8, < 1.7.53 2.0.0-rc.8, 1.7.53
  4. High · 8.9 CVE-2026-42611 < 2.0.0-beta.2 2.0.0-beta.2
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