CVE-2023-48649 Concrete CMS Cross-site Scripting vulnerability
Attackers can execute arbitrary scripts in admin sessions by uploading files with malicious names, potentially leading to account takeover.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2023-48649?
CVE-2023-48649 is a low-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Concretecms Concrete Cms, published on 17 Nov 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Concrete CMS before 8.5.13 and 9.x before 9.2.2 allows stored XSS on the Admin page via an uploaded file name.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-48649?
4 open source packages ship an affected version, including concrete5/concrete5. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
concrete5/concrete5 Packagist | All versions | 8.5.13 |
concrete5/concrete5 Packagist | All versions | 8.5.13 |
concrete5/concrete5 Packagist | From 9.0.0 | 9.2.2 |
concrete5/concrete5 Packagist | From 9.0.0 | 9.2.2 |
Products include Concretecms Concrete Cms.
How do I fix CVE-2023-48649?
Upgrade concrete5/concrete5 to a fixed version for your release line: 8.5.13 or 9.2.2.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2023-48649 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-48649 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Concretecms Concrete Cms
- CVE-2023-48648 Concrete CMS allows unauthorized access because directories can be created with insecure permissions
- CVE-2022-21829 Code injection in concrete CMS
- CVE-2021-22958 Server-Side Request Forgery vulnerability in concrete5
- CVE-2021-40098 Path traversal in n/a
- CVE-2026-8134 Concrete CMS Vulnerable to Relative Path Traversal
Sources
Also known as GHSA-36fr-3wg8-q5v8.