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Concrete CMS CVE-2026-8414

| EUVDEUVD-2026-31370 LOW
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) (CWE-352)
2026-05-21 ConcreteCMS GHSA-98qf-jvwj-2r5f
2.3
CVSS 4.0 · Vendor: ConcreteCMS
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Identify target Concrete CMS 9.x instance
  2. Delivery
    Craft malicious page with forged event/duplicate request
  3. Exploit
    Lure authenticated CMS user via phishing or social engineering
  4. Execution
    Victim browser auto-submits forged request with session cookie
  5. Impact
    Unauthorized event duplication executes on CMS

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V3 - Web Frontend Security Anti-CSRF tokens, SameSite cookies
MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique across 1 tactic: Initial Access

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires the victim to be actively authenticated to the Concrete CMS installation - specifically, a user with access to the event management functionality - and must be induced to visit an attacker-controlled web page or trigger a crafted HTTP request (reflected in CVSS UI:P and AT:P). The AT:P component explicitly encodes that the attacker depends on conditions outside their control: the victim's authenticated session must be live at the time of the forged request. PR:N confirms no attacker-side account is required on the CMS. Limiting factors: (1) victim must be logged into Concrete CMS at the time of attack, (2) victim must interact with or visit an attacker-controlled resource, (3) impact is restricted to unauthorized event duplication with low integrity effect - no data exfiltration, no account takeover, no availability impact. Default SameSite cookie behavior in modern browsers (Chrome 80+, Firefox 79+) set to Lax by default also partially mitigates this class of CSRF for top-level navigations.

Impact

The CVSS v4.0 score of 2.3 with vector AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N is consistent with a low-priority issue. While the attack vector is network-based and complexity is low, the AT:P component introduces a meaningful real-world dependency: the attacker cannot directly trigger the vulnerability without an authenticated victim visiting a malicious page. Impact is confined to a low integrity effect (VI:L) on the vulnerable system, with no confidentiality, availability, or downstream system impact. No EPSS score was provided in the intelligence data, so probabilistic exploitation likelihood cannot be quantified. No CISA KEV listing exists and no public exploit code has been identified - this is not a real-world priority vulnerability. The CVSS score and qualitative signals are fully aligned: this is a low-severity finding appropriate for inclusion in a regular patch cycle rather than emergency response.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker crafts a malicious webpage containing a hidden HTML form or JavaScript fetch that auto-submits a forged POST request to the Concrete CMS event duplication endpoint. The attacker distributes this page via phishing email targeting known CMS administrators. When an authenticated editor visits the page, their browser sends the request with the active session cookie attached, causing the CMS to silently duplicate an event without the user's knowledge. No public exploit code has been identified at the time of analysis, and exploitation requires social engineering to induce user interaction.

Monitor Track and reassess. Why: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9).
Patch available 0.0% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – May 21, 2026

Cross-site request forgery in Concrete CMS 9.x before 9.5.0 permits a remote unauthenticated attacker to trigger unauthorized event duplication on behalf of an authenticated user by luring that user to an attacker-controlled page. The vulnerable endpoint is concrete/controllers/dialog/event/duplicate, which lacks CSRF token validation. The vendor-assigned CVSS v4.0 score of 2.3 reflects genuinely low impact - limited to a low-integrity effect on the vulnerable system - and no public exploit code or CISA KEV listing has been identified at the time of analysis.

RemediationAI

Upgrade to Concrete CMS 9.5.1 or later. While the CVE description states the fix is present in 9.5.0, the vendor's referenced release notes URL points to version 9.5.1 (https://documentation.concretecms.org/9-x/developers/introduction/version-history/951-release-notes), indicating that 9.5.1 is the safer confirmed target version. If immediate upgrade is not possible, restrict access to the path /concrete/controllers/dialog/event/duplicate at the web server or WAF layer to prevent external requests; note this will disable the event duplication dialog for all users. As an additional defense-in-depth measure, ensure session cookies have the SameSite attribute set to Strict or Lax, which browsers honor by blocking cross-site cookie transmission and mitigates CSRF generically - though this is not a substitute for patching and may affect cross-site integrations.

Affected VersionsENISA

Concrete CMS 9.0 ≤9.5.0

Affected Packages

composer concrete5/concrete5 fix: 9.5.1
euvd concrete_cms no fix

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 2 packages in composer, euvd

Checking this CVE against your own stacks and servers is part of the Basic plan and up.

Technical ContextAI · show details

Concrete CMS is a PHP-based content management system. The vulnerability resides in the event duplication dialog controller at concrete/controllers/dialog/event/duplicate, which processes state-changing requests without validating a CSRF token, making it susceptible to CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery). In CSRF attacks, the victim's browser automatically attaches session credentials to cross-origin requests, allowing an attacker's crafted page to issue authenticated actions without possessing those credentials. The CVSS v4.0 vector component AT:P (Attack Requirements: Present) is notable - it indicates exploitation relies on conditions outside the attacker's direct control, specifically the victim maintaining an active authenticated session at the time of the forged request. The affected CPE is cpe:2.3:a:concrete_cms:concrete_cms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* across the 9.x branch.

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Severity by source

Vendor (ConcreteCMS) PRIMARY 2.3 LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (ConcreteCMS) · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorVendor: ConcreteCMS

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Requirements
Present
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Passive
Vulnerable system: Confidentiality
None
Vulnerable system: Integrity
Low
Vulnerable system: Availability
None
Subsequent system: Confidentiality
None
Subsequent system: Integrity
None
Subsequent system: Availability
None

DescriptionCVE.org

Concrete CMS 9 before 9.5.0 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) at concrete/controllers/dialog/event/duplicate. The Concrete CMS security team gave this vulnerability a CVSS v.4.0 score of 2.3 with vector CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N. Thanks Yonatan Drori (Tenzai) for reporting.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.0%
Top 95% exploitable
Social Media
1
Sightings
Data Quality
5 sources
Confidence: Medium

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity LOW
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.0%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Defer
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
No
Human Impact· derived
Low
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

12
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +12
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Cross-Site Request Forgery exploits the automatic credential inclusion behavior of web browsers.

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