# CVE-2026-72833: Grav 1.0.6 through 1.0.11 Privilege Escalation via Scoped API Keys

- Severity: CVSS 8.7 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-08-14 · Updated: 2026-09-30

## Affected

- getgrav grav-plugin-api: from 1.0.6, through 1.0.11

## Description

The Grav API plugin (getgrav/grav-plugin-api) versions >= 1.0.6 and <= 1.0.11 contain a privilege escalation vulnerability. A scoped API key minted on a super-admin account bypasses its declared scope cap on four isSuperAdmin()-gated write endpoints (in GroupsController, AccountsConfigController, PreferencesController, and DashboardWidgetController). These endpoints authorize via a super-admin early-return that never invokes requirePermission()—the sole enforcement point of the scope cap—so a 'read-only'-scoped key (e.g. api.pages.read) can perform super-only write operations, including rewriting group ACL maps to grant super-admin privileges to arbitrary accounts. A leaked or delegated read-only CI/monitoring key can therefore gain full super-admin write capability. Fixed in 1.0.13.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on getgrav grav-plugin-api, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/getgrav/grav/security/advisories/GHSA-jqgq-v53x-x99g
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/grav-through-privilege-escalation-via-scoped-api-keys

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