The Grav api plugin (grav-plugin-api) before 1.0.8 fails to properly authorize API key generation and revocation: the plugin intercepts the apiKeyGenerate/apiKeyRevoke admin tasks before the account-management ACL runs and authorizes the caller on only the admin.login permission (the baseline permission held by every panel user). This allows any user with admin.login to mint a persistent API key bound to any account, and the forged key inherits the target account's API permissions. On installs where an API-enabled account holds broader permissions, this enables account impersonation and privilege escalation up to account takeover.
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/grav-before-missing-authorization-on-api-key-generation
https://github.com/getgrav/grav/security/advisories/GHSA-7v74-m76q-8wf3
Published: 2026-07-21
Updated: 2026-07-23
Base Score: 8.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:N
Severity: High
Base Score: 9.6
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Severity: Critical
Base Score: 8.7
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Severity: High
EPSS: 0.00266