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High, CVSS 7.1amended

Grav: media_directory() Twig function allows filesystem path traversal and file content disclosure from sandboxed page content

CVE-2026-72697GHSA-47ch-6w46-6xm7

What to do

Vendor fix available. Upgrade each affected package to the fixed version on its release line (getgrav/grav 2.0.16), redeploy, then verify what is actually installed.

This page has no inventory attached, so it cannot say whether you are affected. A vendor fix is not proof that your deployment is fixed.

Affected packages

Sources

Severity and exploitation
Exploitation
No confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next marks exploitation only from CISA KEV.
CVSS 4.0
7.1 · CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N · score source
EPSS
  • CVE-2026-72697: 0.38% estimated exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 31.67 (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-03). This is a model estimate, not proof of exploitation or customer exposure.
Source description

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Summary The mediadirectory() Twig function is allow-listed for use in sandboxed, editor-authored page content (system/config/security.yaml). Its implementation, GravExtension::mediaDirFunc(), only treats the input as unsafe when it looks like a Grav stream (user://, theme://, etc). If the input is instead a plain filesystem path, absolute or relative, the stream check is skipped entirely and the raw string is handed straight to new Media($mediadir), which lists every file in that directory whose extension matches a configured media type (which by default includes txt, json, xml, pdf, doc, docx, and more, not just images) and builds Medium objects for them. Separately, the sandbox's own allow-list for the Medium class includes the filepath accessor. A code comment directly above that allow-list entry states the developers' intent was for filepath to be part of the "dangerous surface" that "stays blocked", but it is listed as an allowed method on the very same line, contradicting that…

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  1. Revision 3 · amended ·

    Amended from ghsa record GHSA-47ch-6w46-6xm7

  2. Revision 2 · amended ·

    Reviewed OSV alias/range/CVSS4 correction; package source scopes and original publication preserved. No customer finding resolved.

  3. Revision 1 · created ·

    Published from osv record GHSA-47ch-6w46-6xm7

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# Patch Next advisory brief: CVE-2026-72697

Advisory: Grav: media_directory() Twig function allows filesystem path traversal and file content disclosure from sandboxed page content
IDs: CVE-2026-72697, GHSA-47ch-6w46-6xm7
Record: https://patchnext.com/advisories/cve-2026-72697 (revision 3, source checked 26 Oct 2026, 14:53 UTC)
Inventory: none attached. This brief comes from a public page and does not say whether any deployment is affected.
Severity: High (CVSS 7.1)
Exploitation: no confirmed exploitation recorded. Patch Next confirms exploitation only from CISA KEV.
Vendor response: Vendor fix available; fixed versions by package: getgrav/grav 2.0.16. A vendor fix does not mean a deployment is fixed.

## Affected components
- Packagist getgrav/grav: affected <= 2.0.15; fixed in 2.0.16

## Suggested inspection (read-only)
- Packagist getgrav/grav: check the installed version with your package manager.

## Supported action
Upgrade each affected component to a fixed version on its release line. For a transitive dependency, upgrade the parent package or add an override or constraint, then regenerate the lockfile. Redeploy every environment that ran an affected version.

## Required regression checks
- Run the test suite and a production build.
- Exercise the features that depend on getgrav/grav.
- Repeat the inspection and confirm that only fixed versions remain installed.

## Rollback considerations
- Keep the previous lockfile and deployment artifact. Rolling back reinstates the vulnerable version, so apply any documented mitigation while you fix forward.

## Unresolved questions
- Which deployments run an affected version?
- Exploitation status can change. Check again before lowering the priority.
- Mark the work resolved only after the fixed version is verified in production.

## Sources
- Verified: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-47ch-6w46-6xm7 (OSV record GHSA-47ch-6w46-6xm7 lists affected ranges: Packagist getgrav/grav >=0 <2.0.16 (fixed))
- Verified: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-47ch-6w46-6xm7 (GitHub-reviewed advisory GHSA-47ch-6w46-6xm7 lists affected ranges: Packagist getgrav/grav >=0 <=2.0.15)

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