Summary
Exposure of Password Hashes Leading to privilege escalation
Severity Rating: Medium
Vector: Privilege Escalation
CVE: XXX
CWE: 200 - Exposure of Sensitive Information
CVSS Score: 6.2
CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
Analysis
It was observed that if a users is given read access on the user account management section of the admin panel can view the password hashes of all users, including the admin user. This exposure can potentially lead to privilege escalation if an attacker can crack these password hashes.
An attacker with read access can:
- View and potentially crack the password hashes.
- Gain administrative access by cracking the admin password hash.
- Escalate privileges and compromise the entire admin panel.
Proof of Concept
Give read access to user accounts to a random user as shown in the following figures:
Log in to the admin panel with an account that has read access to user accounts and navigate to the user account management section.
Go to the admin profile
http://127.0.0.1/admin/accounts/users/admin; The password is not display. Try inspecting the page source code as shown in the following figures:
You can see that it match the hash that is in the admin.yaml file :
Crack the hash as shown in the following figure, the algorithm use here is bcrypt:
Workarounds
No workaround is currently known
Timeline
2024-07-24 Issue identified
2024-09-27 Vendor contacted
About X41 D-Sec GmbH
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Impact
CVE-2025-66304 has a CVSS score of 6.2 (Medium). The vector is network-reachable, high privileges required, and no user interaction. A CVSS score reflects the worst-case severity of the vulnerability, not your specific exposure. Whether this affects your application depends on whether the vulnerable code is present and reachable in your environment. A fixed version is available (1.8.0-beta.27); upgrading removes the vulnerable code path.
Affected versions
Security releases
Kodem intelligence
Severity tells you how bad this could be in the worst case. It does not tell you whether you are exposed. Exploitability and impact are functions of runtime truth: whether the vulnerable code is present, reachable, and actually executes in your application. A vulnerable package can sit in your dependency tree and never run.
Kodem, an Intelligent Application Security platform, uses runtime intelligence to reveal which vulnerabilities actually execute in production, so teams prioritize the ones that genuinely matter. Kodem's runtime-powered SCA identifies whether this CVE is reachable in your applications.
Remediation advice
Kodem Kai can prioritize this vulnerability in your dependency tree and generate a fix recommendation.
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is CVE-2025-66304? CVE-2025-66304 is a medium-severity security vulnerability in getgrav/grav (composer), affecting versions < 1.8.0-beta.27. It is fixed in 1.8.0-beta.27.
- How severe is CVE-2025-66304? CVE-2025-66304 has a CVSS score of 6.2 (Medium). This score reflects the worst-case severity of the vulnerability, not your specific exposure. Whether it represents real risk in your environment depends on whether the vulnerable code is present and reachable.
- Which versions of getgrav/grav are affected by CVE-2025-66304? getgrav/grav (composer) versions < 1.8.0-beta.27 is affected.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2025-66304? Yes. CVE-2025-66304 is fixed in 1.8.0-beta.27. Upgrade to this version or later.
- Is CVE-2025-66304 exploitable, and should I be worried? Whether CVE-2025-66304 is exploitable in your environment depends on whether the vulnerable code is present and reachable. A CVSS score is a worst-case rating; it does not account for your specific deployment, configuration, or usage patterns. Kodem, an Intelligent Application Security platform, uses runtime intelligence to show which vulnerabilities actually execute in production, so you can focus on the ones that represent real risk. Get a demo
- What actually determines whether CVE-2025-66304 is exploitable, and how bad it is? Exploitability and impact are not fixed properties of a CVE. They depend on runtime truth: whether the vulnerable code is present, reachable, and actually executes in your application. A high CVSS score on a dependency that never runs is not the same as real risk. Kodem, an Intelligent Application Security platform, uses runtime intelligence to reveal which vulnerabilities actually execute in production, so teams prioritize the ones that genuinely matter.
- How do I fix CVE-2025-66304? Upgrade
getgrav/gravto 1.8.0-beta.27 or later.