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Stored XSS in Grav Guestbook via AJAX pagination and admin views

Priority LOW 23CWE-79Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Passive
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Impact type
Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

The Grav Guestbook plugin before 0.5.2 contains a stored cross-site scripting flaw in its AJAX Load more and Admin Load all handlers, which insert stored author and message fields into the DOM as unescaped HTML via jQuery (CWE-79). An unauthenticated visitor can submit markup that runs in other visitors' browsers and, in versions 0.5.0 and 0.5.1, in administrator moderation sessions. The CVSS 4.0 vector requires user interaction.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29

Description from the CNA

Grav Guestbook plugin before 0.5.2 contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability because its AJAX Load more and Admin Load all handlers insert stored author and message fields into the DOM as unescaped HTML via jQuery. Unauthenticated visitors can submit markup that executes in other visitors' browsers and, in versions 0.5.0 and 0.5.1, in administrator moderation sessions.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.002 9th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed grav-plugin-guestbook (getgrav): 0.5.2

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
getgravgrav-plugin-guestbookbefore 0.5.20.5.2Patch availableCNA
  • grav-plugin-guestbook Vendorgetgrav Affected before 0.5.2 Fixed in 0.5.2 Patch available CNA

Remediation

Update grav-plugin-guestbook to version 0.5.2, which fixes the issue.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29

  • Fix · CNA grav-plugin-guestbook (getgrav) Fixed in 0.5.2

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Release ·

    getgrav grav-plugin-guestbook 0.5.2

    2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2026-71135 Missing authorization and CSRF in Grav Guestbook moderation actionsPriority LOW 23

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-12 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-109322
  2. 2026-10-12 Alias added: GHSA-44rc-569f-hxfg
  3. 2026-10-15 CISA SSVC decision points changed

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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