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GHSA-ffmg-hfvg-jhg9

Grav: Stored CSS injection via Markdown image resize() bypasses prior media style sanitizers in Grav

Quick fix

GHSA-ffmg-hfvg-jhg9 — getgrav/grav: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

composer require getgrav/grav:^2.0.0

Details

## Summary

Grav 2.0.0-rc.9 and the current 2.0 branch still allow stored CSS injection through Markdown image media actions. The prior media hardening rejects direct `?style=` payloads and unsafe `attribute()` fallbacks, but the adjacent `resize()` action still writes caller-controlled values directly into `styleAttributes`.

A publisher who can edit page Markdown can store a crafted image URL that renders additional CSS declarations in the final `<img style=...>` attribute. This crosses the same lower-privileged publisher to higher-privileged reviewer/admin rendered-content boundary as the earlier media style and attribute advisories.

## Impact

A lower-privileged content editor can persist CSS declarations that are rendered when a higher-privileged user views the page or admin preview. The demonstrated payload creates a full-viewport fixed overlay by injecting `position:fixed`, viewport dimensions, background color, and z-index declarations.

This does not require JavaScript execution. The impact is stored CSS injection in rendered content, with UI redress/overlay and content-manipulation risk in higher-privileged sessions.

## Reproduction

Tested versions:

- Grav 2.0 branch commit `6582166173bb8eb5869d96aea384e0e73777c94c` - Grav `2.0.0-rc.9` commit `e03d29aa0d3ece16d73c1ffccfa78df8bf5f28b8`

Minimal Markdown payload:

```markdown ![logo](image.png?resize=100;position:fixed;top:0;left:0;width:100vw;height:100vh;background:white;z-index:9999,200) ```

A minimal PHPUnit-style reproducer can drive the same parser path directly:

```php $m = new class { use \Grav\Common\Media\Traits\MediaObjectTrait; use \Grav\Common\Media\Traits\StaticResizeTrait;

public function addMetaFile($filepath) {} public function __toString(): string { return ''; } public function url($reset = true) { return '/img.png'; } public function get($name, mixed $default = null, $separator = null) { return $default; } public function set($name, mixed $value, $separator = null) { return $this; } protected function createThumbnail($thumb) { return null; } protected function createLink(array $attributes) { return null; } protected function getItems(): array { return []; } };

$excerpts = new \Grav\Common\Page\Markdown\Excerpts(null, ['markdown' => [], 'images' => []]); $m = $excerpts->processMediaActions( $m, 'image.png?resize=100;position:fixed;top:0;left:0;width:100vw;height:100vh;background:white;z-index:9999,200' ); $element = $m->parsedownElement('', '', '', '', false); var_dump($element['attributes']['style']); ```

Observed style attribute:

```text width: 100;position:fixed;top:0;left:0;width:100vw;height:100vh;background:white;z-index:9999px;height: 200px; ```

The appended `px` lands on the final `z-index` value, but the preceding injected declarations remain syntactically valid CSS.

## Root Cause / Technical Details

`system/src/Grav/Common/Page/Markdown/Excerpts.php::processMediaActions()` parses the image query string into media actions and invokes the requested public media method with `call_user_func_array([$medium, $action['method']], $args)`.

For `resize()`, `system/src/Grav/Common/Media/Traits/StaticResizeTrait.php::resize()` stores width and height directly into style attributes:

```php $this->styleAttributes['width'] = $width . 'px'; $this->styleAttributes['height'] = $height . 'px'; ```

It does not verify that the values are numeric, length-only, or free of CSS declaration delimiters. Later, `system/src/Grav/Common/Media/Traits/MediaObjectTrait.php::parsedownElement()` serializes keyed style attributes as raw CSS declarations:

```php $style .= $key . ': ' . $value . ';'; ```

The sanitizer added for direct `style()` inputs is not reached for values introduced by `resize()`. As a result, `resize=100;position:fixed;...,200` breaks out of the intended `width:` value and injects additional declarations.

## PoC Evidence

On both current 2.0 and 2.0.0-rc.9, the targeted regression test produced the injected style string above. Existing tests still confirm the direct `style()` and `attribute()` paths are rejected; the bypass is specific to the adjacent `resize()` styleAttributes path.

## Remediation

Sanitize or type-normalize all values before they enter `styleAttributes`, not only values passed through `MediaObjectTrait::style()`. For `resize()`, cast or validate width and height as numeric values before appending `px`, or use a shared CSS declaration builder that rejects semicolons, colons, property names, and other declaration-breaking characters. Add regression coverage for `resize=100;position:fixed;top:0,200` and any other media action that writes to `styleAttributes` directly.

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Affected packages

Packagist/getgrav/grav
Introduced in: 2.0.0-rc.9Fixed in: 2.0.0
Fixcomposer require getgrav/grav:^2.0.0

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