High severity · published Nov 19, 2021
CVE-2021-22951
Unauthorized individuals could view password protected files using view_inline in Concrete CMS (previously concrete 5) prior to version 8.5.7
7.5
CVSS
1.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Unauthorized individuals could view password protected files using view_inline in Concrete CMS (previously concrete 5) prior to version 8.5.7. Concrete CMS now checks to see if a file has a password in view_inline and, if it does, the file is not rendered.For version 8.5.6, the following mitigations were put in place a. restricting file types for view_inline to images only b. putting a warning in the file manager to advise users.Credit for discovery: "Solar Security Research Team"Concrete CMS security team CVSS scoring is 5.3: AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:NThis fix is also in Concrete version 9.0.0
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.1% · higher than 66% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CC
Concrete Cms · Concretecms
before 8.5.7 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22951
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-22951
Release Notes
https://documentation.concretecms.org/developers/introduction/version-history/857-release-notes
Permissions Required
https://hackerone.com/reports/1102014
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