grav up to 1.8.0-beta.27 Twig special elements used in a template engine

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in grav up to 1.8.0-beta.27. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Twig Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to improper neutralization of special elements used in a template engine. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2025-66297. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in grav up to 1.8.0-beta.27. This vulnerability affects an unknown part of the component Twig Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper neutralization of special elements used in a template engine vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-1336. The product uses a template engine to insert or process externally-influenced input, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements or syntax that can be interpreted as template expressions or other code directives when processed by the engine. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Grav is a file-based Web platform. Prior to 1.8.0-beta.27, a user with admin panel access and permissions to create or edit pages in Grav CMS can enable Twig processing in the page frontmatter. By injecting malicious Twig expressions, the user can escalate their privileges to admin or execute arbitrary system commands via the scheduler API. This results in both Privilege Escalation (PE) and Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerabilities. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.8.0-beta.27.

The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-66297 since 11/27/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1221 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 1.8.0-beta.27 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch e37259527d9c1deb6200f8967197a9fa587c6458 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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Class: Improper neutralization of special elements used in a template engine
CWE: CWE-1336 / CWE-791 / CWE-790
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: grav 1.8.0-beta.27
Patch: e37259527d9c1deb6200f8967197a9fa587c6458

Timelineinfo

11/27/2025 CVE reserved
12/01/2025 +4 days Advisory disclosed
12/01/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
12/03/2025 +2 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: GHSA-858q-77wx-hhx6
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-66297 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-66297
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-333910

Entryinfo

Created: 12/01/2025 23:24
Updated: 12/03/2025 17:20
Changes: 12/01/2025 23:24 (68), 12/02/2025 08:11 (1), 12/03/2025 17:20 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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