CVE-2026-68532 in Concrete CMS
Summary
by MITRE • 09/15/2026
Concrete CMS 9.0.0 to dashboard group type controller did not validate a CSRF token on its delete action, resulting in cross-site request forgery. A remote unauthenticated attacker could cause an authenticated user with group type management permission to delete a custom group type. The Concrete CMS security team gave this vulnerability a CVSS v4.0 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 riodrwn for reporting.
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Analysis
by VulDB Data Team • 09/15/2026
The vulnerability identified in Concrete CMS versions 9.0.0 and later involves a critical failure in the implementation of Cross-Site Request Forgery protections within the dashboard group type controller. Specifically, the delete action associated with managing custom group types does not validate the required CSRF token before processing the request. This architectural flaw allows an attacker to craft malicious requests that appear legitimate to the application server because they lack the necessary cryptographic verification step designed to ensure that state-changing operations are initiated by the authenticated user rather than a third party. The absence of this validation mechanism represents a fundamental breakdown in security controls intended to prevent unauthorized command execution via social engineering or诱骗 techniques.
From an operational perspective, this flaw enables remote unauthenticated attackers to force authenticated users who possess group type management permissions to delete custom group types without their knowledge or consent. Since the attack does not require prior authentication for the attacker but relies on the victim being logged into the CMS and having specific administrative privileges, it exploits the trust relationship between the user's browser session and the web application. The impact of this vulnerability is primarily integrity-related, as the deletion of custom group types can disrupt organizational workflows, remove critical access control structures, or potentially lead to further exploitation if those groups contained sensitive configuration data. While the CVSS v4.0 score assigned by the Concrete CMS security team reflects a low severity with a vector indicating network-based attackability and no impact on confidentiality or availability, the integrity loss remains significant for systems relying heavily on granular group management for access control policies.
This vulnerability aligns closely with CWE-352, which describes Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF), where an application fails to verify that a request was intentionally initiated by the user. In terms of offensive security frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK, this flaw facilitates techniques associated with T1078 Valid Accounts and potentially T1499 Endpoint Denial of Service if the deletion causes operational disruption. The attack vector typically involves an attacker hosting a malicious webpage or embedding code in another site that triggers the delete request when visited by a victim who is currently authenticated to Concrete CMS. Because modern browsers do not automatically include CSRF tokens in cross-origin requests unless explicitly configured, and because many applications fail to implement double-submit cookie patterns or synchronized token validation for all state-changing endpoints, this remains a prevalent class of vulnerability in web content management systems.
To mitigate this risk, immediate action should be taken by system administrators to apply the latest security patches provided by Concrete CMS that address the missing CSRF validation logic. For environments where patching is not immediately feasible, defensive measures can include implementing strict Content Security Policy headers to restrict unauthorized script execution and ensuring that session cookies are marked with SameSite attributes set to Strict or Lax to prevent cross-site cookie transmission during third-party requests. Additionally, reviewing access controls for group type management permissions ensures that only essential personnel have the ability to perform these actions, thereby reducing the attack surface available to potential adversaries exploiting this specific flaw in the dashboard controller logic.