CVE-2026-54718
Prior to 6.4.5, 7.1.3, and 7.2.1, an attacker with permission to author the advanced workflow email template can place a specially crafted server-side template payload in NotifyUsersWorkflowAction.EmailTemplate.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.72%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Silverstripe Advanced Workflow is a highly configurable step-based workflow module. Prior to 6.4.5, 7.1.3, and 7.2.1, an attacker with permission to author the advanced workflow email template can place a specially crafted server-side template payload in NotifyUsersWorkflowAction.EmailTemplate. When NotifyUsersWorkflowAction renders the field through the Silverstripe template engine SSTemplateParser, the payload can cause PHP evaluation and arbitrary code execution on the server; the regression coverage is in tests/php/WorkflowEngineTest.php. This issue is fixed in versions 6.4.5, 7.1.3, and 7.2.1.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.72% probability · 52th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-1336
- Source
- security-advisories@github.com
References
- https://github.com/silverstripe/silverstripe-advancedworkflow/commit/28d0b536491e5c68b1c445579bdd1ddc8beaf8bb
- https://github.com/silverstripe/silverstripe-advancedworkflow/commit/f170766af992ed2ed3e5f21d127d0d0d3129678b
- https://github.com/silverstripe/silverstripe-advancedworkflow/pull/629
- https://github.com/silverstripe/silverstripe-advancedworkflow/pull/630
- https://github.com/silverstripe/silverstripe-advancedworkflow/releases/tag/6.4.5
- https://github.com/silverstripe/silverstripe-advancedworkflow/releases/tag/7.1.3
- https://github.com/silverstripe/silverstripe-advancedworkflow/releases/tag/7.2.1
- https://github.com/silverstripe/silverstripe-advancedworkflow/security/advisories/GHSA-39mm-rwm3-29jp
- https://www.silverstripe.org/download/security-releases/cve-2026-54718
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.