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GHSA-gwfr-jfjf-92vv

High · 8.8

Grav has Insecure Deserialization in File Cache

CVSS

8.8

EPSS

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Published

May 5, 2026

CISA due date

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The record

# Insecure Deserialization in File Cache - **Severity:** High - **CWE:** CWE-502 - **Location:** `system/src/Grav/Framework/Cache/Adapter/FileCache.php` - **Sink:** `unserialize($value, ['allowed_classes' => true])` ## Affected version(s) - **Affected:** `>= 1.7.44` and `<= 1.7.49.5` (verified in current codebase and changelog-covered releases). - **Fixed:** No upstream fix identified in the reviewed branch at the time of analysis. - **Notes:** Earlier `1.7.x` releases may also be affected, but were not fully back-traced in this review. ## Notes `allowed_classes => true` allows object instantiation and does not constrain classes. ## PoC (Primitive Demonstration) ### Preconditions - Local PHP runtime. - Goal is to validate the deserialization primitive used in cache retrieval. ### Steps ```bash php -r ' class CacheWakeup { public function __wakeup(){ file_put_contents("/tmp/grav_filecache_poc.txt", "wakeup"); } } $payload = serialize(new CacheWakeup()); unserialize($payload, ["allowed_classes" => true]); echo file_exists("/tmp/grav_filecache_poc.txt") ? "FILECACHE_UNSERIALIZE_TRIGGERED\n" : "FILECACHE_UNSERIALIZE_NOT_TRIGGERED\n"; ' ``` ### Expected Result - Output contains: `FILECACHE_UNSERIALIZE_TRIGGERED`. ### Interpretation This reproduces the same unsafe primitive used by `FileCache::doGet()`: `unserialize($value, ['allowed_classes' => true])`. If cache files are attacker-tampered, object magic methods may execute. ## Exploit Preconditions - Cache file poisoning/tampering capability. ## Recommendation - Avoid object deserialization in cache payloads. - Use non-object formats and integrity protection for cache files. --- ## Maintainer note — fix applied (2026-04-24) Fixed in Grav core on the `2.0` branch: commit [`c66dfeb5f`](https://github.com/getgrav/grav/commit/c66dfeb5f) — will ship in **2.0.0-beta.2**. **What changed:** `Framework\Cache\Adapter\FileCache` now HMAC-signs every cache payload with `Security::getNonceKey()` on write, and verifies the HMAC on read. Tampered, forged, or pre-upgrade files are treated as cache misses and unlinked instead of being unserialized. The on-disk format is now versioned: ``` v2 <expires> <key> <hmac-hex> <serialized> ``` Existing caches rebuild transparently on first read. Note that `Framework\Cache\Adapter\FileCache` isn't wired into Grav's main cache path — Symfony's `FilesystemAdapter` is — but the class is reachable by plugin and downstream consumers, so the hardening applies defensively.

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