Medium severity · published Dec 5, 2022
CVE-2022-43556
Concrete CMS (formerly concrete5) below 8.5.10 and between 9.0.0 and 9.1.2 is vulnerable to XSS in the text input field since the result dashboard page output is not sanitized
6.1
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Concrete CMS (formerly concrete5) below 8.5.10 and between 9.0.0 and 9.1.2 is vulnerable to XSS in the text input field since the result dashboard page output is not sanitized. The Concrete CMS security team has ranked this 4.2 with CVSS v3.1 vector AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N Thanks @_akbar_jafarli_ for reporting. Remediate by updating to Concrete CMS 8.5.10 and Concrete CMS 9.1.3.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 51% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CC
Concrete Cms · Concretecms
before 8.5.10; 9.0.0 through 9.1.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-43556
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-43556
Release Notes
https://documentation.concretecms.org/developers/introduction/version-history/8510-release-notes
Release Notes
https://documentation.concretecms.org/developers/introduction/version-history/913-release-notes
Vendor Advisory
https://www.concretecms.org/about/project-news/security/concrete-cms-security-advisory-2022-10-31
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