CVE-2026-65896: Grav API Plugin before 1.0.10 Path Traversal via move

Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2026-07-23 · updated 2026-10-24
Weakness: CWE-73

Description

Grav API Plugin (Composer package getgrav/grav-plugin-api) before 1.0.10 fails to properly validate the slug field in the POST /pages/{route}/move endpoint. PagesController::move() sanitizes the slug only with ltrim($body['slug'], '.'), which strips leading periods but does not neutralize '/' or '..' segments. An authenticated API caller with the api.pages.write permission can supply path traversal sequences (e.g., 01.home/../../../pwned) to move an entire page directory (content and media) to an arbitrary writable location outside user/pages/, including outside the Grav installation.

Affected products

getgrav grav: before 1.0.10 — fixed in 1.0.10

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: getgrav grav 1.0.10. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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