# CVE-2023-34253: Grav vulnerable to Server-side Template Injection (SSTI) via Denylist Bypass

- Also known as: GHSA-J3V8-V77F-FVGM
- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.7.42
- Published: 2023-06-14 · Updated: 2024-12-18

## Affected

- getgrav grav: fixed in 1.7.42
- getgrav/grav (Packagist): fixed in 1.7.42

## Description

Grav is a flat-file content management system. Prior to version 1.7.42, the denylist introduced in commit 9d6a2d to prevent dangerous functions from being executed via injection of malicious templates was insufficient and could be easily subverted in multiple ways -- (1) using unsafe functions that are not banned, (2) using capitalised callable names, and (3) using fully-qualified names for referencing callables. Consequently, a low privileged attacker with login access to Grav Admin panel and page creation/update permissions is able to inject malicious templates to obtain remote code execution. A patch in version 1.7.42 improves the denylist.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on getgrav grav, getgrav/grav, upgrade to a fixed version (1.7.42) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/getgrav/grav/security/advisories/GHSA-j3v8-v77f-fvgm
- https://github.com/getgrav/grav/commit/71bbed12f950de8335006d7f91112263d8504f1b
- https://github.com/getgrav/grav/blob/1.7.40/system/src/Grav/Common/Utils.php#L1952-L2190
- https://huntr.dev/bounties/3ef640e6-9e25-4ecb-8ec1-64311d63fe66/
- https://www.github.com/getgrav/grav/commit/9d6a2dba09fd4e56f5cdfb9a399caea355bfeb83

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