# CVE-2026-42613: Grav: Privilege Escalation via Missing Server-Side Validation of groups/access

- Also known as: GHSA-PXM6-MHXR-Q4MJ
- Severity: CVSS 9.4 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Fixed in: 2.0.0-beta.2
- Published: 2026-05-11 · Updated: 2026-05-12

## Affected

- getgrav grav: fixed in 2.0.0-beta.2
- getgrav/grav (Packagist): fixed in 2.0.0-beta.2

## Description

Grav is a file-based Web platform. Prior to 2.0.0-beta.2, the Login::register() method in the Login plugin accepts attacker-controlled groups and access fields from the registration POST data without server-side validation. When registration is enabled and groups or access are included in the configured allowed fields list, an unauthenticated user can self-register with admin.super privileges by injecting these fields into the registration request. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.0.0-beta.2.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on getgrav grav, getgrav/grav, upgrade to a fixed version (2.0.0-beta.2) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/getgrav/grav/security/advisories/GHSA-pxm6-mhxr-q4mj
- https://github.com/getgrav/grav-plugin-login/commit/3d419a0dabd70aed1fd49afcd5919004a4141da1
- https://github.com/ivanesk315/CVE-2026-42613

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