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.
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Severity and exploitation
| Score | Rating | CVSS | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:25 UTC First seen by agentprime
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:25 UTC Confirmed by OSV
Sources
- GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-xjvc-pw2r-6878
- OSV: GHSA-xjvc-pw2r-6878
- github.com/flarum/framework/security/advisories/GHSA-vhm8-wwrf-3gcw
- github.com/flarum/framework/security/advisories/GHSA-xjvc-pw2r-6878
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-27577
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41887
- github.com/flarum/framework/commit/2d90a1f19f0e46f8c7e1b07c48ba74b5e38f8410
- github.com/flarum/framework
- github.com/flarum/framework/releases/tag/v1.8.16
- github.com/flarum/framework/releases/tag/v2.0.0-rc.1