{"id":"CVE-2025-66296","summary":"Grav vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in Grav Admin: Missing Username Uniqueness Check Allows Admin Account Takeover","details":"Grav is a file-based Web platform. Prior to 1.8.0-beta.27, a privilege escalation vulnerability exists in Grav’s Admin plugin due to the absence of username uniqueness validation when creating users. A user with the create user permission can create a new account using the same username as an existing administrator account, set a new password/email, and then log in as that administrator. This effectively allows privilege escalation from limited user-manager permissions to full administrator access. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.8.0-beta.27.","aliases":["GHSA-cjcp-qxvg-4rjm"],"modified":"2026-08-12T03:51:08.399508655Z","published":"2025-12-01T21:03:07.231Z","database_specific":{"osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/66xxx/CVE-2025-66296.json","cna_assigner":"GitHub_M","cwe_ids":["CWE-266"]},"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/66xxx/CVE-2025-66296.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/getgrav/grav/security/advisories/GHSA-cjcp-qxvg-4rjm"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-66296"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/getgrav/grav/commit/3462d94d575064601689b236508c316242e15741"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/getgrav/grav","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3462d94d575064601689b236508c316242e15741"}],"database_specific":{"source":["AFFECTED_FIELD","REFERENCES"],"extracted_events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.8.0-beta.27"}]}}],"versions":["1.8.0-beta.26","1.8.0-beta.25","1.8.0-beta.24","1.8.0-beta.23","1.8.0-beta.22","1.8.0-beta.21","1.8.0-beta.20","1.8.0-beta.19","1.8.0-beta.18","1.8.0-beta.17","1.8.0-beta.16","1.8.0-beta.15","1.8.0-beta.14","1.8.0-beta.13","1.8.0-beta.12","1.8.0-beta.11","1.8.0-beta.10","1.8.0-beta.9","1.8.0-beta.8","1.8.0-beta.7","1.8.0-beta.6","1.8.0-beta.5","1.8.0-beta.4","1.8.0-beta.3","1.8.0-beta.2","1.8.0-beta.1","1.7.0-rc.20","1.7.0-rc.19","1.7.0-rc.18","1.7.0-rc.17","1.7.0-rc.15","1.7.0-rc.14","1.7.0-rc.13","1.7.0-rc.12","1.7.0-rc.10","1.7.0-rc.9","1.7.0-rc.8","1.7.0-rc.7","1.7.0-rc.6","1.7.0-rc.5","1.7.0-rc.4","1.7.0-rc.3","1.7.0-rc.2","1.7.0-rc.1","1.7.0-beta.10","1.7.0-beta.9","1.7.0-beta.8","1.7.0-beta.7","1.7.0-beta.6","1.7.0-beta.5","1.7.0-beta.4","1.7.0-beta.3","1.7.0-beta.2","1.7.0-beta.1","1.6.0-rc.4","1.6.0-rc.3","1.6.0-rc.2","1.6.0-rc.1","1.6.0-beta.8","1.6.0-beta.7","1.6.0-beta.6","1.6.0-beta.5","1.6.0-beta.2","1.6.0-beta.1","1.5.0-rc.1","1.5.0-beta.2","1.5.0-beta.1","1.3.0-rc.5","1.3.0-rc.4","1.3.0-rc.3","1.3.0-rc.1","1.2.0-rc.3","1.2.0-rc.2","1.2.0-rc.1","1.1.9-rc.3","1.1.9-rc.2","1.1.9-rc.1","1.1.0-rc.3","1.1.0-rc.2","1.1.0-rc.1","1.1.0-beta.5","1.1.0-beta.4","1.1.0-beta.3","1.1.0-beta.2","1.1.0-beta.1","0.9.19","0.9.18","0.9.17","0.9.16","0.9.15","0.9.14","0.9.13","0.9.12","0.9.11","0.9.10","0.9.9","0.9.8","0.9.7","0.9.6","0.9.5","0.9.4","0.9.3","0.9.2","0.9.0","0.8.0"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-66296.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}