VDB-213596 · CVE-2022-43693 · GCVE-0-2022-43693

Concrete CMS prior 8.5.10/9.1.3 External Concrete Authentication Service State cross-site request forgery

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Concrete CMS. This impacts an unknown function of the component External Concrete Authentication Service. Such manipulation of the argument State leads to cross-site request forgery. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2022-43693. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Concrete CMS (Content Management System). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component External Concrete Authentication Service. The manipulation of the argument State with an unknown input leads to a cross-site request forgery vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-352. The web application does not, or can not, sufficiently verify whether a well-formed, valid, consistent request was intentionally provided by the user who submitted the request. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

Concrete CMS is vulnerable to CSRF due to the lack of "State" parameter for external Concrete authentication service for users of Concrete who use the "out of the box" core OAuth.

The weakness was released 11/14/2022. The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-43693 since 10/24/2022. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

Upgrading to version 8.5.10 or 9.1.3 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at github.com.

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Productinfo

Type

Content Management System

Vendor

Concrete

Name

License

open-source

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.4

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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NVD Base Score: 8.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross-site request forgery
CWE: CWE-352 / CWE-862 / CWE-863
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

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Upgrade: CMS 8.5.10/9.1.3

Timelineinfo

10/24/2022 🔍
11/14/2022 +21 days 🔍
11/14/2022 +0 days 🔍
04/30/2025 +898 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: github.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-43693 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-43693
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-213596

Entryinfo

Created: 11/14/2022 21:35
Updated: 04/30/2025 17:21
Changes: 11/14/2022 21:35 (42), 12/18/2022 07:59 (12), 04/30/2025 17:21 (15)
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