CVE-2026-18111 (GCVE-0-2026-18111)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-15 16:42 – Updated: 2026-09-15 16:42
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Concrete CMS below 9.5.4 allows privilege escalation because adding users and assigning groups do not require additional identity verification
Summary
Concrete CMS 9 before 9.5.3 was vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in the Feature, Feature Link, Hero Image, and Image blocks and before Concrete 8.5.21 in the feature and Image blocks because the external link URL was insufficiently validated by the link filter and was rendered without output escaping. A user with page-editing permissions (such as Add Block combined with Edit Contents on a single page) could store a crafted external link value that broke out of the link markup and injected arbitrary JavaScript. The script executed in the browser session of any user who subsequently viewed, previewed, or edited the affected page, which could lead to session hijacking and escalation of privileges up to full administrative takeover. The Concrete CMS security team gave this vulnerability a CVSS v4.0 score of 8.5 with vector CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N. Thanks to KhanMarshai for reporting this issue.
Severity
CWE
- CWE-306 - Missing Authentication for Critical Function
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://documentation.concretecms.org/developers/… | release-notes |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Concrete CMS | Concrete CMS |
Affected:
9.0.0 , ≤ 9.5.2
(git)
|
guessed |
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