# CVE-2026-54718: Silverstripe Advanced Workflow: Remote code execution via advanced workflow email template

- Also known as: GHSA-39MM-RWM3-29JP
- Severity: CVSS 7.2 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.4.5, 7.1.3, 7.2.1
- Published: 2026-08-27 · Updated: 2026-08-31

## Affected

- silverstripe silverstripe-advancedworkflow: fixed in 6.4.5; from 7.0.0, fixed in 7.1.3; from 7.2.0, fixed in 7.2.1
- symbiote/silverstripe-advancedworkflow (Packagist): fixed in 6.4.5
- symbiote/silverstripe-advancedworkflow (Packagist): from 7.0.0, fixed in 7.1.3
- symbiote/silverstripe-advancedworkflow (Packagist): from 7.2.0, fixed in 7.2.1

## Description

Silverstripe Advanced Workflow is a highly configurable step-based workflow module. Prior to 6.4.5, 7.1.3, and 7.2.1, an attacker with permission to author the advanced workflow email template can place a specially crafted server-side template payload in NotifyUsersWorkflowAction.EmailTemplate. When NotifyUsersWorkflowAction renders the field through the Silverstripe template engine SSTemplateParser, the payload can cause PHP evaluation and arbitrary code execution on the server; the regression coverage is in tests/php/WorkflowEngineTest.php. This issue is fixed in versions 6.4.5, 7.1.3, and 7.2.1.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on silverstripe silverstripe-advancedworkflow, symbiote/silverstripe-advancedworkflow, upgrade to a fixed version (6.4.5, 7.1.3, 7.2.1) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/silverstripe/silverstripe-advancedworkflow/security/advisories/GHSA-39mm-rwm3-29jp
- https://github.com/silverstripe/silverstripe-advancedworkflow/pull/629
- https://github.com/silverstripe/silverstripe-advancedworkflow/pull/630
- https://github.com/silverstripe/silverstripe-advancedworkflow/commit/28d0b536491e5c68b1c445579bdd1ddc8beaf8bb
- https://github.com/silverstripe/silverstripe-advancedworkflow/commit/f170766af992ed2ed3e5f21d127d0d0d3129678b
- https://github.com/silverstripe/silverstripe-advancedworkflow/releases/tag/6.4.5
- https://github.com/silverstripe/silverstripe-advancedworkflow/releases/tag/7.1.3
- https://github.com/silverstripe/silverstripe-advancedworkflow/releases/tag/7.2.1
- https://www.silverstripe.org/download/security-releases/cve-2026-54718

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