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GHSA-mc5q-6hpj-rp7j

MediumCVSS 6.5 / 10
Published Sep 2, 2026·Last modified Sep 2, 2026
Affected Components(1)
Packagist logogetgrav/grav
< 2.0.2
Description

Summary

The Twig content sandbox replaces config with the redacted SandboxConfig facade and strips Config::get/toArray from the method allowlist (GHSA-j274-39qw-32c9), so editor content can't read config secrets via config. That's bypassable: grav is the raw container, offsetget is allow-listed on it, so grav.offsetGet('config') returns the real Config. The allow-listed filters json_encode/print_r/yaml_encode then serialize it at the PHP level, never hitting the sandbox method gate, dumping the whole config tree including every plugins.* secret (SMTP creds, API keys, plugin DB creds). Incomplete fix for GHSA-j274-39qw-32c9. security.salt does not leak (it lives outside config).

Details

The documented path is blocked: config is the SandboxConfig facade (Twig.php:660) and the raw Config/Data method entries are stripped when config_access is false, so {{ config.get(...) }} returns the default and {{ grav.offsetGet('config').get(...) }} raises SecurityNotAllowedMethodError.

The bypass uses two allow-listed primitives the redaction doesn't cover:

  1. grav.offsetGet('config') returns the raw Config. The SandboxConfig facade replaces only the config variable, not grav['config']; offsetget is allow-listed on Grav\Common\Grav in system/config/security.yaml.
  2. json_encode/print_r/yaml_encode serialize the object inside the filter and never call GravSecurityPolicy::checkMethodAllowed (GravSecurityPolicy.php:65), so the stripped methods don't matter.

Bug class: object-dumping filters bypass the sandbox member gate. The same dump reaches page/pages/uri/user via their allow-listed accessors; config is the secret-bearing target.

Reachable below the publisher-Twig opt-in: a _-prefixed slug is modular (Page.php:228), and Page::content() sets $process_twig = $scan_twig_xss || $this->modularTwig() (Page.php:816), so a modular child's body Twig is sandboxed-rendered even with twig_content.process_enabled false (the default), while $scan_twig_xss stays false so the render-time XSS scan (GHSA-2c4f-86xc-cr74) is skipped. Any admin.pages author (or filesystem write to user/pages) exfiltrates config on a stock install. On a regular process.twig page the whole-tree dump trips the XSS scan and is blanked, but a targeted split/slice extraction of one subtree is XSS-clean and survives.

PoC

Sandboxed render, config_access default false. First two lines show the gate holding, third is the bypass:

{{ config.get('plugins.email.mailer.smtp.password', 'DENIED') }}
{# => DENIED #}
{{ grav.offsetGet('config').get('plugins.email.mailer.smtp.password') }}
{# => SecurityNotAllowedMethodError 'get' #}
{{ grav.offsetGet('config')|json_encode }}
{# => {...,"plugins":{"email":{"mailer":{"smtp":{"password":"CANARY..."}}}},...} #}

Stock-install reproduction (no user/config/security.yaml):

# user/config/plugins/email.yaml  -- decoy secret
mailer: { smtp: { password: CANARY_SMTP_PW_8b3f1 } }
# user/pages/70.parent/default.md
---
title: Parent
content: { items: '@self.modular' }
template: modular
---
{# user/pages/70.parent/_secret/default.md #}
---
title: Secret
template: modular/text
---
{{ grav.offsetGet('config')|json_encode }}
curl -s http://localhost/parent   # body contains CANARY_SMTP_PW_8b3f1

logs/security.log shows no sandbox block and no XSS scan for the route. Verified on Grav 2.0.1 (6f619f0ae), PHP 8.4.22, Twig 3.26.1-DEV.

Impact

A page author (admin.pages, no admin/super) reads the entire config tree: plugin SMTP credentials, API keys, plugin DB credentials. Read-only. Default install; the modular path needs no Twig opt-in.

Fix

system/config/security.yaml: drop offsetget (and __get) from twig_sandbox.allowed_methods for Grav\Common\Grav -- the legit uses are theme/getversion; offsetget is the raw-container reach. Closes the demonstrated path.

Sandbox-wide: make json_encode/print_r/yaml_encode/string refuse non-allow-listed objects when $env->isSandboxed() (mirror the Closure-only guard Twig applies to map/filter/reduce). Closes the class for page/pages/uri/user too.

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Risk Scores
Base Score
6.5

The vulnerability can be exploited over the network without needing physical access. It is easy for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker needs basic access or low-level privileges. No user interaction is needed for the attacker to exploit this vulnerability. The impact is confined to the system where the vulnerability exists. There is a high impact on the confidentiality of the information.

Threat Intelligence
6.0

Exploitation attempts have been detected. Elevated vigilance and prompt remediation are advised.

EPSS
0.41%

The exploit probability is very low. The vulnerability is unlikely to be exploited in the next 30 days.

Exploit
Not available

We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.

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