CVE-2024-28116

Server-Side Template Injection (SSTI) with Grav CMS security sandbox bypass

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Published Mar 21, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 8.8 High EPSS 5.8% KEV · Not listed

Description

Grav is an open-source, flat-file content management system. Grav CMS prior to version 1.7.45 is vulnerable to a Server-Side Template Injection (SSTI), which allows any authenticated user (editor permissions are sufficient) to execute arbitrary code on the remote server bypassing the existing security sandbox. Version 1.7.45 contains a patch for this issue.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

getgrav

grav

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`< 1.7.45`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:getgrav:grav:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Github GHSA	GHSA-c9gp-64c4-2rrh	Server-Side Template Injection (SSTI) with Grav CMS security sandbox bypass

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 5.8% (5.807% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/getgrav/grav/commit/4149c81339274130742831422de2685f298f3a6e
https://github.com/getgrav/grav/security/advisories/GHSA-c9gp-64c4-2rrh

History

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Subscriptions

Getgrav Grav

Weaknesses

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 12:48 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published: Mar 21, 2024, 9:44 PM
Updated: Aug 2, 2024, 12:48 AM
Reserved: Mar 4, 2024, 2:19 PM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 1, 2024, 8:56 PM

Updated: Aug 1, 2024, 8:56 PM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 7:20 AM

Status: Analyzed
Published: Mar 21, 2024, 10:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 7:20 AM

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