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Path traversal and reflected XSS in Flag and Icon Twig components

Moderate
javiereguiluz published GHSA-2wwr-9x6f-88gp May 27, 2026

Package

composer easycorp/easyadmin-bundle (Composer)

Affected versions

>=4.0.0, <4.29.10
>=5.0.0, <5.0.10

Patched versions

4.29.10
5.0.10

Description

EasyAdminBundle ships two public Twig components — <twig:ea:Flag countryCode="..."> and <twig:ea:Icon name="..."> — that load SVG files from disk using a path built directly from a public component property, and then render the resulting markup with the Twig |raw filter.

When an application binds either of those properties to data that is influenced by an end user, the lack of validation on the property value leads to two distinct issues:

  • Arbitrary .svg file disclosure (both components) — the property value is concatenated into a filesystem path without normalizing or constraining it, so .. segments are preserved and resolved by PHP. Any file on the server whose absolute path ends in .svg (for example, user-uploaded SVG icons stored elsewhere on the host) can be read and embedded into the rendered page.
  • Reflected XSS in the admin UI (Flag component only) — when the requested flag file does not exist, the Flag component falls back to a hard-coded SVG string that interpolates the raw countryCode value twice, and the parent template renders that string with |raw. An attacker who controls countryCode can therefore inject arbitrary HTML/JavaScript that will execute inside the authenticated admin context that rendered the component.

The first-party usage shipped by EasyAdminBundle itself is not affected: the bundle only passes ISO 3166 alpha-2 codes validated through Symfony\Component\Intl\Countries to the Flag component, and only hard-coded internal:.. names or values previously set in PHP via MenuItem::setIcon() to the Icon component. The vulnerability is reachable only in third-party templates that pass attacker-controlled data into these properties.

Impact

Severity: Medium (combined). Path traversal is information disclosure bounded by the .svg extension; reflected XSS in Flag runs in the admin context and is therefore more sensitive but requires a vulnerable template wiring and user interaction.

Affected components

  • EasyCorp\Bundle\EasyAdminBundle\Twig\Component\Flag — public Twig tag <twig:ea:Flag>, property countryCode.
  • EasyCorp\Bundle\EasyAdminBundle\Twig\Component\Icon — public Twig tag <twig:ea:Icon>, property name when the value starts with the internal: prefix.

Credit

We would like to thank Claude Mythos Preview (via Project Glasswing and The PHP Foundation) for reporting the issue and providing the fix.

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

CVE ID

No known CVE

Weaknesses

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Learn more on MITRE.

External Control of File Name or Path

The product allows user input to control or influence paths or file names that are used in filesystem operations. Learn more on MITRE.

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Learn more on MITRE.