CVE-2026-54718

Silverstripe Advanced Workflow: Remote code execution via advanced workflow email template

HIGH
7.2
CVSS Score
Published: August 27, 2026 at 05:19 PM UTC
Updated: September 9, 2026 at 09:27 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorAdvancedworkflow

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Severity
HIGH7.2
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
SSVC
No known 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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 6.4.5v < 7.1.3v < 7.2.1
Affected range stops below 6.4.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 7.1.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 7.2.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.2HIGHGitHub_M
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-1336

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