Concrete CMS Vulnerable to Relative Path Traversal
Concrete CMS 9.5.0 and below fails to sanitize path traversal sequences in the ptComposerFormLayoutSetControlCustomTemplate field when saving page type composer form layouts. An authenticated rogue administrator with composer form editing rights can exploit this to include arbitrary readable files on the server. Combined with the file uploader's extension-only validation (which permits PHP code in files saved with image extensions like .png), this can result in authenticated remote code execution. Concrete CMS thanks Yonatan Drori (Tenzai) for reporting this issue.
Affected software
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| Platform | Package | Vulnerable versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Composer package | concrete5/concrete5 | < 9.5.1 | 9.5.1 |
References
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
CWE-23- Platform
- Composer
- Package
concrete5/concrete5- Disclosed
- 21.05.2026
- Updated
- 11.10.2026 10:22
Sources and licenses
OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-645j-cm4x-3xvw - 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.
- 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
- 2021: 2
- 2022: 18
- 2023: 21
- 2024: 21
- 2025: 5
- 2026: 54
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