CVE-2026-42843 HIGH

CVE-2026-42843: grav-plugin-api: Grav API Privilege Escalation to Super Admin

Vendor Getgrav
Product grav-plugin-api
Weakness CWE-863 · Incorrect authorization
Published May 11, 2026
Last update May 11, 2026

CVSS base score

8.8/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Grav API Plugin is a RESTful API for Grav CMS that provides full headless access to your site's content, media, configuration, users, and system management. Prior to 1.0.0-beta.15, an insecure direct object reference and logic flaw in the Grav API plugin (UsersController::update) allows any authenticated user with basic API access (api.access) to modify their own permission configuration. An attacker can exploit this to escalate their privileges to Super Administrator (admin.super and api.super), leading to full system compromise and potential RCE. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.0.0-beta.15.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

May 11, 2026 CVE published
May 11, 2026 Record updated