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TI-2026-50938 Aliases CVE-2026-72700GHSA-92vc-67q9-382j

Grav before 3.9.1 Timing Attack via Non-Constant-Time Token Comparison

Priority HIGH 77CWE-208Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-208.

Summary

The getgrav/grav-plugin-login Composer plugin before 3.9.1 (used by Grav) compares password reset and account activation tokens using a non-constant-time === string comparison instead of hash_equals() in classes/Controller.php (taskReset()) and login.php (activation handler). Because the token-submission endpoint (taskReset) also lacks rate limiting, an attacker could in principle send repeated token guesses against a known username and use the timing differences to attempt to recover a valid token, though the vendor rates the practical exploitability as low and no end-to-end network exploit has been demonstrated.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00432 37th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed grav (getgrav): 3.9.1

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
getgravgravbefore 3.9.13.9.1Patch availableCNA
  • grav Vendorgetgrav Affected before 3.9.1 Fixed in 3.9.1 Patch available CNA

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA grav (getgrav) Fixed in 3.9.1

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-72700
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-92vc-67q9-382j

References

  • TI-2026-30893 Grav: Privilege Escalation via Missing Server-Side Validation of groups/access CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.4
  • TI-2025-28971 Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in grav v.1.7.48 and before allows an attacker to… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2021-04523 Unauthenticated Arbitrary YAML Write/Update leads to Code Execution CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-50940 Grav CMS before 2.0.16 Origin Validation Bypass via Referer CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
  • TI-2026-46446 Grav before 2.0.7 Remote Code Execution via Blueprint dynamicData CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
  • TI-2021-22428 GravCMS 1.10.7 - Arbitrary YAML Write/Update (Unauthenticated) (2) CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
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