Grav 2.0.11 Path Traversal via Backup Profile Configuration
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- 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-22 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
Grav versions before 2.0.13 fail to properly validate backup profile root paths, allowing attackers to archive directories outside GRAV_ROOT when not in the hard-coded deny-list. Attackers with profile editor access can configure backup profiles with traversal paths to expose sensitive files from locations like /opt, /mnt, or /srv.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA grav (getgrav) Fixed in 2.0.13
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
getgrav grav 2.0.13
3 records Highest priority Priority HIGH 2 HIGH, 1 MEDIUM
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-51053 Grav CMS before 2.0.13 Remote Code Execution via TwigPriority HIGH 73
- TI-2026-51045 Grav CMS before 2.0.13 Remote Code Execution via ZIP UploadPriority HIGH 73
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-72820
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qf4h-jxxc-wvr9
References
Patch 1
More getgrav vulnerabilities
- 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
Sources
- CVE-2026-72820 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-72820 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-qf4h-jxxc-wvr9 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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