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.
Published: 2026-08-27
Score: 7.2 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-39mm-rwm3-29jp silverstripe-advancedworkflow vulnerable to remote code execution via advanced workflow email template
History

Thu, 27 Aug 2026 18:00:00 +0000

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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.
Title Silverstripe Advanced Workflow: Remote code execution via advanced workflow email template
Weaknesses CWE-1336
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-27T17:19:51.691Z

Reserved: 2026-06-15T23:07:33.231Z

Link: CVE-2026-54718

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-27T20:17:49.817

Modified: 2026-08-27T20:17:49.817

Link: CVE-2026-54718

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Updated: 2026-08-28T06:30:18Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-1336

    Improper Neutralization of Special Elements Used in a Template Engine