# CVE-2026-61453: Grav before 2.0.1 XSS via Twig String Concatenation

- Also known as: GHSA-2C4F-86XC-CR74
- Severity: CVSS 5.1 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.0.1
- Published: 2026-07-15 · Updated: 2026-10-08

## Affected

- getgrav grav: fixed in 2.0.1
- getgrav/grav (Packagist): from 2.0.0, fixed in 2.0.1

## Description

Grav v2.0.0 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability (fixed in 2.0.1). The XSS blueprint validator (Security::detectXss()) runs on raw page content before Twig processing. When Twig content processing is enabled (twig_content.process_enabled: true), an attacker with page-write API permission can use Twig's string concatenation operator (~) to dynamically construct event handler names, dangerous tag names, or dangerous protocols at render time (e.g. {% set x = "on" ~ "error" %}). The validator sees only the harmless Twig expression and allows the content, but after Twig rendering the output (rendered via {{ page.content|raw }}) contains an active payload such as <img src=1 onerror=alert(1)>, executing arbitrary JavaScript in visitors' browsers.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on getgrav grav, getgrav/grav, upgrade to a fixed version (2.0.1) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/getgrav/grav/security/advisories/GHSA-2c4f-86xc-cr74
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/grav-before-xss-via-twig-string-concatenation

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