Grav before 2.0.25 Sensitive File Disclosure via Case-Variation Bypass
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Grav before 2.0.25 ships web server configuration samples whose access-control deny rules are matched case-sensitively. In webserver-configs/web.config (IIS), every deny rule (user_sensitive_folders, user_accounts, user_data, user_error_redirect, user_pages, system, vendor, ignore_folders) sets ignoreCase="false" on its URL Rewrite <match> element, overriding the IIS default of ignoreCase="true"; because these are rewrite matches rather than <requestFiltering> elements, there is no case-insensitive fallback. On IIS running over case-insensitive NTFS, an unauthenticated remote attacker can vary the case of a folder name or file extension (for example GET /user/CONFIG/system.YAML) so that no deny rule matches and the IIS static file handler resolves and returns the underlying file, disclosing sensitive data such as configuration secrets or account password hashes. Whether a bypassed file is actually returned depends on MIME registration: .json is served by default, while .yaml/.yml return HTTP 404.3 on a stock IIS unless a YAML MIME mapping has been added. The same class of gap exists in the bundled webserver-configs/lighttpd.conf, whose user/(config|env), directory, script-extension, root-file and dotfile rules lack the (?i) modifier, though it is lower risk because lighttpd typically runs on case-sensitive filesystems. Deployments served by Apache (.htaccess), nginx, Caddy, or the PHP built-in server are not affected. The issue is fixed in 2.0.25; because the .htaccess installer heal does not touch web.config or lighttpd.conf, operators must re-copy the corrected sample files after upgrading.
Why it matters now
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
Remediation
- Fix · CNA grav (getgrav) Fixed in 2.0.25
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
getgrav grav 2.0.25
4 records Highest priority Priority HIGH 3 HIGH, 1 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-64826 Grav CMS 2.0.14 through 2.0.24 Privilege Escalation via Blueprint Guard BypassPriority HIGH 73
- TI-2026-64827 Grav before 2.0.25 Session Cookie Theft via Twig SandboxPriority HIGH 72
- TI-2026-64824 Grav before 2.0.25 Sandbox Escape via array FilterPriority LOW 31
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-100669
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-cxcx-pfx3-w4vx
References
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-2026-100669 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-100669 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-cxcx-pfx3-w4vx · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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