CVE-2025-66296
HIGHGrav <1.8.0-beta.27 - Privilege Escalation
Title source: llmDescription
Grav is a file-based Web platform. Prior to 1.8.0-beta.27, a privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Grav’s Admin plugin due to the absence of username uniqueness validation when creating users. A user with the create user permission can create a new account using the same username as an existing administrator account, set a new password/email, and then log in as that administrator. This effectively allows privilege escalation from limited user-manager permissions to full administrator access. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.8.0-beta.27.
Scores
CVSS v3
8.8
EPSS
0.0006
EPSS Percentile
20.0%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-266
Status
published
Products (3)
getgrav/grav
1.8.0 beta1 (26 CPE variants)
getgrav/grav
0 - 1.8.0-beta.27Packagist
getgrav/grav
1.7.49.5 - 1.8.0
Published
Dec 01, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026