Concrete CMS 9.5.0 and below is vulnerable to CSRF in do_update() in the package update controller

published 2026-05-21 5 mo ago modified 2026-09-10 1 mo ago also GHSA-jr5g-qv3g-rxxx , EUVD-2026-31334

cvss: 8.8; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.1%; EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 1%
public exploits: 0; none known

Concrete CMS 9.5.0 and below does not validate a CSRF token before processing requests to /dashboard/extend/update/do_update/<pkgHandle>. The do_update() method in concrete/controllers/single_page/dashboard/extend/update.php checks only canInstallPackages() before executing upgradeCoreData() and upgrade() on the named package's controller. Because the endpoint is a state-changing GET route with no token enforcement, an attacker can force an authenticated administrator to trigger a package upgrade via a single cross-site navigation.In order to be vulnerable, the victim must be passing canInstallPackages() and and a target package must already be already installed. 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.

Patch / fix

fixed in 2

packagist concrete5/concrete5 9.5.1
concretecms concrete_cms 9.5.1

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 5 mo ago (2026-05-22)

Exploit prediction

0.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 1% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	4.0	7.5	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
CNA	4.0	7.5	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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
NVD	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
packagist	concrete5/concrete5	<9.5.1	9.5.1

Affected products

Concrete CMS Concrete CMS

Classification

Weakness

CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery

References

documentation.concretecms.org /9-x/developers/introduction/version-history/951-release-notes
release-notes, web
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2026-8417
advisory
github.com /concretecms/concretecms
package

Sources

CVE List CVE-2026-8417
GitHub Advisory GHSA-jr5g-qv3g-rxxx
NVD CVE-2026-8417

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Summary