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CVE-2021-29440

51
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-29440 is a Server-Side Template Injection (SSTI) vulnerability affecting Grav, a file-based web platform, specifically versions prior to 1.7.11. This flaw allows authenticated administrative users with page creation/editing privileges to achieve arbitrary code execution and privilege escalation by injecting malicious Twig code into static pages. The vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.2 (High) due to its low attack complexity and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, an exploit is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.7.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:getgrav:grav:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.4HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.7
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
30.62%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-49961 · Jun 7, 2021
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.3062 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 5,531 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.3 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: getgrav/gravFixed in: 1.7.11

Vendor Advisories (1)

composerGHSA-g8r4-p96j-xfxchigh

Grav's Twig processing allowing dangerous PHP functions by default

Apr 16, 2021

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/162987/Grav-CMS-1.7.10-Server-Side-Template-Injection.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
blog.sonarsource.com / grav-cms-code-execution-vulnerabilities
ExploitThird Party Advisory
github.com / getgrav/grav/security/advisories/GHSA-g8r4-p96j-xfxc
Third Party Advisory
packagist.org / packages/getgrav/grav
ProductThird Party Advisory