Concrete CMS up to 8.5.15/9.2.7 Advanced File Search Filter cross site scripting

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A vulnerability was found in Concrete CMS up to 8.5.15/9.2.7. It has been rated as problematic. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Advanced File Search Filter. Performing a manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2024-3178. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Concrete CMS up to 8.5.15/9.2.7. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown function of the component Advanced File Search Filter. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Concrete CMS versions 9 below 9.2.8 and versions below 8.5.16 are vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS) in the Advanced File Search Filter. Prior to the fix, a rogue administrator could add malicious code in the file manager because of insufficient validation of administrator provided data. All administrators have access to the File Manager and hence could create a search filter with the malicious code attached. The Concrete CMS security team gave this vulnerability a CVSS v3.1 score of 3.1 with a vector of AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln-metrics/cvss/v3-calculator .  

It is possible to read the advisory at documentation.concretecms.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-3178 since 04/02/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are required for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 8.5.16 or 9.2.8 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Type

• Content Management System

Vendor

• Concrete

Name

• CMS

Version

• 8.5.0
• 8.5.1
• 8.5.2
• 8.5.3
• 8.5.4
• 8.5.5
• 8.5.6
• 8.5.7
• 8.5.8
• 8.5.9
• 8.5.10
• 8.5.11
• 8.5.12
• 8.5.13
• 8.5.14
• 8.5.15
• 9.2.0
• 9.2.1
• 9.2.2
• 9.2.3
• 9.2.4
• 9.2.5
• 9.2.6
• 9.2.7

License

• open-source

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