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Authentication bypass in Grav Clockwork profiler exposes sensitive data

Priority MEDIUM 44CWE-200Published · 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-200.

Summary

Grav from 2.0.22 before 2.1.7 has an authentication bypass in its Clockwork profiler, which trusts loopback REMOTE_ADDR values. An unauthenticated attacker behind a same-host HTTP proxy can read profiler records that expose system and plugin configuration, secrets, request metadata and queries (CWE-200).

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

Description from the CNA

Grav from 2.0.22 before 2.1.7 contains an authentication bypass vulnerability in the Clockwork profiler that trusts loopback REMOTE_ADDR values. Unauthenticated attackers behind a same-host HTTP proxy can read profiler records exposing system and plugin configuration, secrets, request metadata, and queries.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00404 34th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed grav (getgrav): 2.1.7

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
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
getgravgrav2.0.22 to before 2.1.72.1.7Patch availableCNA
  • grav Vendorgetgrav Affected 2.0.22 to before 2.1.7 Fixed in 2.1.7 Patch available CNA

Remediation

Upgrade getgrav grav to version 2.1.7, the fixed version.

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

  • Fix · CNA grav (getgrav) Fixed in 2.1.7

Fixed in the same release

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

  • Release ·

    getgrav grav 2.1.7

    4 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 2 MEDIUM, 2 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2026-71142 Information disclosure in Grav exposes nested .git directoriesPriority MEDIUM 44
    • TI-2026-71140 Memory exhaustion in Grav via oversized image transformsPriority LOW 31
    • TI-2026-71131 Information disclosure in Grav Clockwork debugger token via Twig sandboxPriority LOW 31

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-12 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-109325
  2. 2026-10-12 Alias added: GHSA-pm6p-v8qr-5mmg
  3. 2026-10-13 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
  4. 2026-10-13 CISA SSVC decision points changed
  5. 2026-10-13 Priority changed: LOW → MEDIUM

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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