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CVE-2025-66296: 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 abs

CVE-2025-66296 · Severity: high · CVSS 8.8 · Published 2025-12-01

Technologies: getgrav/grav (Packagist). Vendors: Packagist.

Executive brief

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.

Affected products

  • Packagist getgrav/grav

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