XSS in Concrete Cms

CVE-2024-8291

Concrete CMS versions 9.0.0 to 9.3.3 and below 8.5.19 are vulnerable to Stored XSS in Image Editor Background Color.  A rogue admin could add malicious code to the Thumbnails/Add-Type. The Concrete CMS Security Team gave this a CVSS v4 score of 5.1 with vector https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/4.0#CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N. Thanks,  Alexey Solovyev for reporting. (CNA updated this risk rank on 17 Jan 2025 by lowering the AC based on CVSS 4.0 documentation that access privileges should not be considered for AC).

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.005 (40.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-8291?
CVE-2024-8291 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Concrete Cms, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2024-09-25.
How severe is CVE-2024-8291?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-8291 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.