Duplicate Advisory: Grav: Single invalid UTF-8 byte disables every rule in Security::detectXss(), bypassing the page-content XSS safety gate

Overview

Duplicate Advisory

This advisory has been withdrawn because it is a duplicate of GHSA-q2j8-x8hf-63ch. This link is maintained to preserve external references.

Original Description

Grav before 2.0.14 contains a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in the Security::detectXss() function (system/src/Grav/Common/Security.php). All XSS detection patterns use the PCRE /u (UTF-8) modifier, so a single invalid UTF-8 byte anywhere in page content causes preg_match() to return false for every pattern, silently bypassing the save-time XSS safety gate (Validation::checkSafety()). An authenticated attacker with page-edit permissions (without the security.xss_whitelist privilege) can store malicious JavaScript that executes in the browser of a visitor who views the affected page.

Affected packages

• getgrav/grav < 2.0.14

Remediation

Refer to the advisory for the patched release.