CVE-2020-15247

MEDIUM5.2EPSS 0.15%

Twig Sandbox Escape by authenticated users with access to editing CMS templates when safemode is enabled.

Published: 11/23/2020Modified: 3/13/2026
Also known as:GHSA-94vp-rmqv-5875

Description

### Impact An authenticated backend user with the `cms.manage_pages`, `cms.manage_layouts`, or `cms.manage_partials` permissions who would **normally** not be permitted to provide PHP code to be executed by the CMS due to `cms.enableSafeMode` being enabled is able to write specific Twig code to escape the Twig sandbox and execute arbitrary PHP. This is not a problem for anyone that trusts their users with those permissions to normally write & manage PHP within the CMS by not having `cms.enableSafeMode` enabled, but would be a problem for anyone relying on `cms.enableSafeMode` to ensure that users with those permissions in production do not have access to write & execute arbitrary PHP. ### Patches Issue has been patched in Build 469 (v1.0.469) and v1.1.0. ### Workarounds Apply https://github.com/octobercms/october/compare/106daa2930de4cebb18732732d47d4056f01dd5b...7cb148c1677373ac30ccfd3069d18098e403e1ca to your installation manually if unable to upgrade to Build 469. ### References Reported by [ka1n4t](https://github.com/ka1n4t) ### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Email us at [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]) ### Threat assessment: <img width="1108" alt="Screen Shot 2020-10-10 at 1 21 13 PM" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/7253840/95663316-7de28b80-0afb-11eb-999d-a6526cf78709.png">

Affected packages (1)

CVSS scores

SourceVersionSeverityVector
osvCVSS 3.1MEDIUM5.2CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

References (4)