CVE-2026-72701 MEDIUM

CVE-2026-72701: Grav CMS before 2.0.16 Timing Attack via verifyNonce

Vendor Getgrav
Product grav
Weakness CWE-208
Published August 25, 2026
Last update August 27, 2026

CVSS base score

6.3/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality
Integrity

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Grav CMS before 2.0.16 contains a timing vulnerability in Utils::verifyNonce() that uses non-constant-time string comparison with the === operator instead of hash_equals() for CSRF nonce validation. Attackers can measure response timing differences to recover valid nonce values byte-by-byte through multiple requests, weakening CSRF protection below its intended security margin.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

August 25, 2026 CVE published
August 27, 2026 Record updated