Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in concrete5/concrete5 (CVE-2026-8428)
Summary
Vulnerability in concrete5/concrete5 (CVE-2026-8428). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. Mitigation: upgrade to 9.5.1 or later.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
Concrete CMS 9.5.0 and below emits a CSRF token in the local_available_update.php view ($token->output('do_update')) but the corresponding do_update() method in concrete/controllers/single_page/dashboard/system/update/update.php never calls $this->token->validate('do_update'). The form is rendered as a POST form, meaning the token reaches the browser, but because the controller discards it without verification, an attacker can craft a cross-site POST that triggers a core CMS update to an attacker-specified version string. In order to be vulnerable, theictim must be passing canUpgrade()anda valid update version must be present under DIR_CORE_UPDATES. The Concrete CMS security team gave this vulnerability a CVSS v.4.0 score of 7.5 with vector CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N. Thanks https://github.com/maru1009 for reporting.
Source: GitHub Security Advisories (Global) NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-8428 has been found in concrete5/concrete5.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. CVSS score: 8.8/10.
What to do: upgrade concrete5/concrete5 to 9.5.1 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "concrete5/concrete5 CVE-2026-8428" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-8428 (concrete5/concrete5) — CWE-352 / CVSS v3 8.8
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated
Patched: 9.5.1 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
CSRF (CWE-352) exists in concrete5/concrete5.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of concrete5/concrete5.
Severity: High (CVSS 8.8/10). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Update to 9.5.1.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'concrete5/concrete5' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'concrete5/concrete5' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
concrete5/concrete5を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Apply patch patch
Upgrade concrete5/concrete5 to 9.5.1ステージング環境で 9.5.1 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
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3Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
References
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- advisory documentation.concretecms.org
- advisory github.com
- package github.com
- web github.com