Privilege escalation via fail-open API authorization
Published Aug 19, 2026 · Updated Aug 19, 2026
Authorization bypass in Grav Flex Objects Plugin before 1.4.3 allows remote authenticated users to read and modify objects via the admin-next API. In classes/Api/FlexApiController.php, requireFlexPermission() returns after checking only api.access when a directory blueprint omits config.admin.permissions, instead of falling back to Grav core's default-deny admin.flex-object. authorization path. Exposure requires the API plugin and a flex directory without an explicit permissions block; an account with access.api.access but no directory permission can still reach index, show, create, update, delete, export, and media handlers for that directory.
Summary
What happened
Authorization bypass in Grav Flex Objects Plugin before 1.4.3 allows remote authenticated users to read and modify objects via the admin-next API. In classes/Api/FlexApiController.php, requireFlexPermission() returns after checking only api.access when a directory blueprint omits config.admin.permissions, instead of falling back to Grav core's default-deny admin.flex-object. authorization path. Exposure requires the API plugin and a flex directory without an explicit permissions block; an account with access.api.access but no directory permission can still reach index, show, create, update, delete, export, and media handlers for that directory.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-62670
- Published
- Aug 19, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 19, 2026
- Vendor
- Grav
- Product
- Grav Flex Objects Plugin
- Classifications
- CWE-862, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Aug 19, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 19, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=< 1.4.3
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