Advisory record · GHSA-xjvc-pw2r-6878

Flarum: Path traversal in LESS parser via theme color settings (incomplete fix for CVE-2023-27577)

CVSS 4.9 MediumEPSS 0.0047 · 41st percentile

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 22 Apr 2026, 20:34 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed in
flarum/corePackagist<1.8.16 || >=2.0.0-beta.1, <2.0.0-rc.11.8.16, 2.0.0-rc.1
Identifiers
GHSA-xjvc-pw2r-6878 · CVE-2026-41887 · PKSA-4s1v-jz1f-4jpx
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-22 · CWE-918
Published
22 Apr 2026
Updated
13 May 2026

Machine-written summary

Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.

Flarum (flarum/core) versions before 1.8.16, and 2.0.0-beta.1 up to but not including 2.0.0-rc.1, are affected. An attacker with administrator access can enter a theme color value that injects an import directive into the compiled stylesheet, letting them read local files on the server or make outbound requests from it. Upgrade to flarum/core 1.8.16 or 2.0.0-rc.1. No configuration workaround is listed beyond protecting administrator accounts.

Written 3 Nov 2026.

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
4.9 Medium 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N CNA (GitHub_M)
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.0047, the 41st percentile, on 14 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  1. 31 Oct 2026, 14:25 UTC First seen by agentprime
  2. 31 Oct 2026, 14:25 UTC Confirmed by OSV

Sources

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