CVE-2026-65603
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Description
The Grav Login plugin (grav-plugin-login) versions <= 3.8.11 contain a privilege escalation flaw in the authenticated profile self-update handler (processUserProfile(), the update_user task). Unlike the registration handler, this handler does not strip privilege fields ('groups','access') from user-submitted form data before persisting them. When an administrator has added 'groups' and/or 'access' to plugins.login.user_registration.fields and the default 'regular'/DataUser account backend is in use, a low-privilege authenticated user can POST crafted profile form data (e.g. access[admin][super]=true) to escalate to super-admin, enabling admin panel access, scheduler abuse (RCE), and Twig evaluation. Fixed in 3.8.12.
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"id": "CVE-2026-65603",
"sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
"published": "2026-07-22T12:18:20.683",
"lastModified": "2026-10-24T17:10:00.220",
"vulnStatus": "Awaiting Analysis",
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"value": "The Grav Login plugin (grav-plugin-login) versions <= 3.8.11 contain a privilege escalation flaw in the authenticated profile self-update handler (processUserProfile(), the update_user task). Unlike the registration handler, this handler does not strip privilege fields ('groups','access') from user-submitted form data before persisting them. When an administrator has added 'groups' and/or 'access' to plugins.login.user_registration.fields and the default 'regular'/DataUser account backend is in use, a low-privilege authenticated user can POST crafted profile form data (e.g. access[admin][super]=true) to escalate to super-admin, enabling admin panel access, scheduler abuse (RCE), and Twig evaluation. Fixed in 3.8.12."
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"value": "El plugin Grav Login (grav-plugin-login) versiones menor o igual que 3.8.11 contienen una falla de escalada de privilegios en el gestor de autoactualización de perfil autenticado (processUserProfile(), la tarea update_user). A diferencia del gestor de registro, este gestor no elimina campos de privilegio (’groups’,’access’) de los datos de formulario enviados por el usuario antes de persistirlos. Cuando un administrador ha añadido ’groups’ y/o ’access’ a plugins.login.user_registration.fields y el backend de cuenta predeterminado ’regular’/DataUser está en uso, un usuario autenticado de bajo privilegio puede enviar datos de formulario de perfil manipulados mediante POST (p. ej., access[admin][super]=true) para escalar a superadministrador, lo que permite el acceso al panel de administración, el abuso del planificador (RCE) y la evaluación de Twig. Corregido en 3.8.12."
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"source": "[email protected]",
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