# CVE-2025-66299: Security Sandbox Bypass with SSTI (Server Side Template Injection) in the Grav CMS

- Also known as: GHSA-GJC5-8CFH-653X
- 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=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.8.0-beta.27
- Published: 2025-12-01 · Updated: 2025-12-02

## Affected

- getgrav grav: fixed in 1.8.0-beta.27
- getgrav/grav (Packagist): fixed in 1.8.0-beta.27

## Description

Grav is a file-based Web platform. Prior to 1.8.0-beta.27, Grav CMS is vulnerable to a Server-Side Template Injection (SSTI) that allows any authenticated user with editor permissions to execute arbitrary code on the remote server, bypassing the existing security sandbox. Since the security sandbox does not fully protect the Twig object, it is possible to interact with it (e.g., call methods, read/write attributes) through maliciously crafted Twig template directives injected into a web page. This allows an authenticated editor to add arbitrary functions to the Twig attribute system.twig.safe_filters, effectively bypassing the Grav CMS sandbox. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.8.0-beta.27.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on getgrav grav, getgrav/grav, upgrade to a fixed version (1.8.0-beta.27) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/getgrav/grav/security/advisories/GHSA-gjc5-8cfh-653x
- https://github.com/getgrav/grav/commit/e37259527d9c1deb6200f8967197a9fa587c6458

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