Medium

ConcreteCMS Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via HTML Block Text Field

  • Disclosed: 31.03.2025
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

A vulnerability was found in ConcreteCMS up to 9.3.9. It has been classified as problematic. This affects the function Save of the component HTML Block Handler. The manipulation of the argument content leads to HTML injection. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Composer package concrete5/concrete5 <= 9.3.9 no fix

References

CVSS score 3.5/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-79
Platform
Composer
Package
concrete5/concrete5
Disclosed
31.03.2025
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-xfqf-5rhg-5c73 - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: concrete5/concrete5

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Composer package), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

All (121) in the archive
Total entries
121
First → latest
10.2021 06.2026
Without a fix
10
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • Critical 2
  • High 16
  • Medium 65
  • Low 38

Disclosures per year

  1. 2021: 2
  2. 2022: 18
  3. 2023: 21
  4. 2024: 21
  5. 2025: 5
  6. 2026: 54
Severity:
  1. High CVE-2026-8421 < 9.5.1 9.5.1
  2. Critical · 7.2 CVE-2026-8134 < 9.5.1 9.5.1
  3. ConcreteCMS Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via HTML Block Text Field this entry
    Medium · 3.5 CVE-2025-2967 <= 9.3.9 no fix
  4. High · 8.8 CVE-2022-43693 < 8.5.10, >= 9.0.0RC1, < 9.1.3 8.5.10, 9.1.3
  5. High CVE-2021-22954 < 9.0.0 9.0.0
  6. High · 7.2 CVE-2020-11476 < 8.5.3 8.5.3
  7. High · 8.2 CVE-2021-22958 < 8.5.5 8.5.5

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