GHSA-527q-4wqv-g9wj — bagisto/bagisto
MEDIUMGHSA-527q-4wqv-g9wj is a medium-severity (CVSS 5.1) Code Injection vulnerability in bagisto/bagisto. A fix is available for bagisto/bagisto — see the affected versions and patch details below.
bagisto has Server Side Template Injection (SSTI) in Product Description
Exploitation Status
Proof-of-concept exploit code exists
- CISA’s SSVC triage found public proof-of-concept exploit code for this CVE, though no confirmed active exploitation.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for GHSA-527q-4wqv-g9wj.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) is a daily probability model maintained by FIRST.org. It estimates the likelihood a CVE will be exploited in production environments within the next 30 days, derived from real-world threat intelligence signals.
How urgent is this, really
GHSA-527q-4wqv-g9wj plotted by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). The shaded corner — EPSS 50%+ and CVSS 7.0+ — is where this CVE doesn't sit, though severity or exploitability alone can still warrant action.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 379,145 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Real counts from FIRST.org, not a sample — log-scaled since the landscape is heavily right-skewed.
Real-World Exposure
bagisto/bagistoReal-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Packagist packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.
Description
Summary
Bagisto v2.3.7 is vulnerable to Server-Side Template Injection (SSTI) due to unsanitized user input being processed by the server-side templating engine when rendering product descriptions. This allows an attacker with product creation privileges to inject arbitrary template expressions that are evaluated by the backend — potentially leading to Remote Code Execution (RCE) on the server.
Details
In Bagisto, product descriptions are rendered through Laravel’s Blade templating engine in various front-end and admin views. The product description field is not sanitized or escaped before being passed to the view, which means user-supplied data can break out of the expected string context and execute arbitrary template code.
PoC
Create a product and enter the payload to the description. <img width="679" height="669" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/1e5dac3f-4043-4b31-98ed-f4346feb5477" /> Preview the page, observed that the template expressions were evaluated by the backend and displayed on the screen. <img width="1431" height="922" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/16f29c6e-05f4-40c4-9926-0c59e0a979c2" />
Impact
RCE potential: Attackers can execute arbitrary PHP code or system commands. Data breach: Read sensitive environment variables (.env), API keys, or database credentials. Defacement / persistence: Inject malicious scripts or backdoors in dynamic templates. Privilege escalation: If attackers have limited roles (e.g., product manager), they can compromise the entire application or host.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐘Packagist | bagisto/bagisto | all versions | 2.3.8composer require bagisto/bagisto:^2.3.8 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for bagisto/bagisto, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update bagisto/bagisto to 2.3.8 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-527q-4wqv-g9wj is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 Security's impact-aware SCA analyses which vulnerable code paths your application actually calls, so a match like GHSA-527q-4wqv-g9wj can be triaged on real exposure rather than presence alone.
Tailored to GHSA-527q-4wqv-g9wj. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is GHSA-527q-4wqv-g9wj in your dependencies?
O3 Security finds GHSA-527q-4wqv-g9wj across Packagist dependencies, including transitive ones, and its impact-aware SCA ranks findings by whether your code actually calls the vulnerable path.