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Concrete CMS Vulnerable to Deserialization of Untrusted Data

  • Disclosed: 21.05.2026
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

Concrete CMS 9.5.0 and below is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution due to insecure deserialization occurring in the ExpressEntryList block controller. An rogue administrator with privileges to add blocks to an area can bypass the intended protection mechanism (_fromCIF === true), which normally restricts malicious inputs over form POST requests, by leveraging the REST API functionality. Because the REST API parses requests using json_decode(), the string "true" is evaluated as a strict PHP Boolean(true).  This bypass allows the attacker to inject a malicious serialized payload  into the block's filterFields database column. The payload will subsequently be executed when the block's data is viewed or edited by an administrator leading to complete server takeover (RCE). Concrete CMS thanks Nguyễn Văn Thiện https://github.com/Thien225409  for reporting this issue.

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Composer package concrete5/concrete5 < 9.5.1 9.5.1

References

CVSS score -
CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-502
Platform
Composer
Package
concrete5/concrete5
Disclosed
21.05.2026
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-pv2v-6w2v-97x6 - 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

Severity:
  1. Concrete CMS: PHP Object Injection via unserialize() calls
    High CVE-2026-10721 < 9.5.2 9.5.2
  2. Concrete CMS is vulnerable to PHP Object Injection via unserialize() calls in the Workflow, Form block, and File/Set components
    High CVE-2026-7888 < 9.5.2 9.5.2
  3. Concrete does not validate a CSRF token before processing requests to `/dashboard/extend/update/do_update/<pkgHandle>`
    High CVE-2026-8417 < 9.5.1 9.5.1
  4. Concrete CMS does not validate a CSRF token before processing requests to `/dashboard/extend/update/prepare_remote_upgrade/<remoteMPID>`
    High CVE-2026-8426 < 9.5.1 9.5.1
  5. Concrete CMS contains a CSRF vulnerability
    High CVE-2026-8421 < 9.5.1 9.5.1
  6. Concrete CMS is Vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery
    High CVE-2026-8428 < 9.5.1 9.5.1
  7. Concrete CMS is vulnerable to missing authorization in the bulk_user_assignment.php
    High CVE-2026-8350 < 9.5.1 9.5.1
  8. Concrete CMS has Stored XSS through its height parameter
    High CVE-2026-8203 < 9.5.1 9.5.1
  9. Concrete CMS is Vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery
    High CVE-2026-8140 < 9.5.1 9.5.1
  10. Concrete CMS Vulnerable to Deserialization of Untrusted Data this entry
    High CVE-2026-8135 < 9.5.1 9.5.1
  11. Concrete CMS is vulnerable to Stored XSS via OAuth integration name
    High CVE-2026-8197 < 9.5.1 9.5.1
  12. Concrete CMS Vulnerable to Relative Path Traversal
    Critical · 7.2 CVE-2026-8134 < 9.5.1 9.5.1
  13. Concrete CMS vulnerable to Remote Code Execution by stored PHP object injection
    High CVE-2026-3452 < 9.4.8 9.4.8
  14. Concrete CMS (previously concrete5) is vulnerable to possible auth bypass in the jobs section
    Critical · 9.8 CVE-2023-28473 < 9.2.0 9.2.0
  15. Concrete CMS vulnerable to Cross-site Request Forgery
    High · 8.8 CVE-2022-43693 < 8.5.10, >= 9.0.0RC1, < 9.1.3 8.5.10, 9.1.3
  16. Cross Site Request Forgery in concrete5/concrete5
    High CVE-2021-22954 < 9.0.0 9.0.0
  17. Unrestricted Uploads in Concrete5
    High · 7.2 CVE-2020-11476 < 8.5.3 8.5.3
  18. Server-Side Request Forgery vulnerability in concrete5
    High · 8.2 CVE-2021-22958 < 8.5.5 8.5.5

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