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CVE-2026-8203· NVD / CVE Program· CNA ConcreteCMS

Concrete CMS 9.5.0 and below has Stored XSS on the height parameter

Concrete CMS 9.5.0 and below has Stored XSS on the height parameter. The controller does not validate or sanitize $height. Any user with editor privileges can inject malicious JavaScript that executes in the context of any visitor's browser, potentially leading to session hijacking, credential theft, or other malicious actions. The Concrete CMS security team gave this vulnerability a CVSS v.4.0 score of 7.3 with vector CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N. Thanks Alfin Joseph for reporting.

HighCVSS 7.3 · v4.0—No exploit Fix available
Published
May 21, 2026
Updated
Jul 23, 2026
EPSS
0.2% · 10th percentile
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Action score

29

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Low priority for now.

CVSS
29 / 40 · 7.3 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.2%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total

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CNA vs NVD score

NVD
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CNA · ConcreteCMS
7.3
NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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Affected systems

VendorProduct
concretecmsconcrete cms

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • concretecms concrete cmsup to 9.5.0 inclusive

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (ConcreteCMS). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Concrete CMS Concrete CMS

    • 5 and later · up to and including 9.5.0affected · git

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Packagistconcrete5/concrete5before 9.5.19.5.1

Same product

concretecms: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

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    40Plan
  • CVE-2023-48648Concrete CMS before 8.5.13 and 9.x before 9.2.2 allows unauthorized access because directories can be created with insecure permissions.
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2021-22958A Server-Side Request Forgery vulnerability was found in concrete5 < 8.5.5 that allowed a decimal notation encoded IP address to bypass the
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2021-40098An issue was discovered in Concrete CMS through 8.5.5.
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2026-8134Concrete CMS 9.5.0 and below is vulnerable to Authenticated RCE via Composer customTemplate Path Traversal leading to PHP File Inclusion
    37Monitor
  • CVE-2022-30117Concrete 8.5.7 and below as well as Concrete 9.0 through 9.0.2 allow traversal in /index.php/ccm/system/file/upload which could result in an
    37Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Packagist:concrete5/concrete59.5.1Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

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Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

  • CVE-2026-81896117 days apartConcrete CMS below version 9.5.3 is vulnerable to Stored XSS in Concrete CMS Form Submissions Report via Unescaped Question Label
    33Monitor
  • CVE-2026-81897117 days apartConcrete CMS below version 9.5.3 is vulnerable to Stored XSS via Express form Text control save_control
    30Monitor
  • CVE-2026-85385118 days apartConcrete CMS below 9.5.4 is vulnerable to Stored XSS via User Timezone Field
    30Monitor
  • CVE-2026-81970 days apartConcrete CMS 9.5.0 and below is vulnerable to Stored XSS via OAuth integration name
    29Monitor
  • CVE-2026-18117116 days apartConcrete CMS 9.0.0 to 9.5.2 is vulnerable to Stored XSS in Custom Page Alias Name
    29Monitor
  • CVE-2026-81900116 days apartConcrete CMS before 9.5.3 is vulnerable to Stored XSS in the YouTube block (vWidth/vHeight)
    29Monitor

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

The product’s vendor appears in a public program. Matched by name; verify the scope text in the program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • Administrator privileges are required.
  • Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.

If successful

Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
High
User interaction
P
Scope
X

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

nvd-secondary

Root cause

User content is inserted into the page as HTML. The browser interprets the content as code rather than data.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-79 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

ts
commentEl.innerHTML = comment.body;

Fixed

ts
commentEl.textContent = comment.body;

Attack context

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ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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