Vulnerability · Published Aug 25, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

CVE-2026-72697Grav CMS before 2.0.16 Path Traversal via media_directory

Medium 6.5

In plain English

A medium-severity path traversal in grav from getgrav. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 32% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 68.2% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Grav CMS before 2.0.16 contains a path traversal vulnerability in the media_directory() Twig function that fails to validate filesystem paths, allowing authenticated users to enumerate and access files outside intended scope. Attackers with page authoring privileges can supply arbitrary filesystem paths to media_directory() and use the allow-listed filepath accessor on Medium objects to read file contents of any file matching configured media extensions that the web server process can access.

Affected packages & fixed versions

Ecosystem	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
Packagist	getgrav/grav	2.0.16	GHSA-47ch-6w46-6xm7

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
getgrav	grav	0 – before 2.0.16

Weakness: CWE-22 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-47ch-6w46-6xm7) vendor-advisory
VulnCheck Advisory: Grav CMS before 2.0.16 Path Traversal via media_directory third-party-advisory