GHSA-q56r-mw39-944g CVE-2022-43690
Concrete CMS vulnerable to Improper Authentication
- Severity
- 6.3 / 10
- Medium · CVSS 3.1
- Exploit chance (EPSS)
- 0.66%
- Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Higher than 51.40% of scored vulnerabilities.
- Known exploited
- No
- Not in CISA's catalog
- Weakness
- CWE-287 Improper Authentication
- Fix
8.5.10- Upgrade concrete5/concrete5 to this version or later
Description
Concrete CMS (formerly concrete5) below 8.5.10 and between 9.0.0 and 9.1.2 did not use strict comparison for the legacy_salt so that limited authentication bypass could occur if using this functionality. Remediate by updating to Concrete CMS 9.1.3+ or 8.5.10+.
Affected versions
Packagist
| Package | Vulnerable | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| concrete5/concrete5 | < 8.5.10 |
8.5.10 |
| concrete5/concrete5 | >= 9.0.0, < 9.1.3 |
9.1.3 |
How to fix
Move to the fixed version or later with your package manager, update the lockfile, and run your tests. If the package only arrives through another dependency, upgrade that dependency first. If none of its releases pulls a fixed version yet, force the version with your package manager's override.
concrete5/concrete5 Packagist → 8.5.10
- composer
composer require concrete5/concrete5:^8.5.10
Severity breakdown
CVSS 3.1 6.3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Weakness
CWE-287: Improper Authentication
When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.
How to prevent it
- Architecture and Design: Use an authentication framework or library such as the OWASP ESAPI Authentication feature.
References
Advisories
Packages
Other links
- github.com/concretecms/concretecms/commit/a4dc73a4a47823373d4b4824534bb9b7d251f72c
- github.com/concretecms/concretecms/commit/d5dd12c40efed326b26862391b7e1e6f414cdd55
- documentation.concretecms.org/developers/introduction/version-history/8510-release-notes
- documentation.concretecms.org/developers/introduction/version-history/913-release-notes
- github.com/concretecms/concretecms/releases/8.5.10
- github.com/concretecms/concretecms/releases/9.1.3
- concretecms.org/about/project-news/security/concrete-cms-security-advisory-2022-10-31
Timeline
- Published
- Last updated by the source
- Latest EPSS score
Related advisories
| Advisory | Severity | Why it's related |
|---|---|---|
| GHSA-g82f-9pw7-773w Concrete CMS: PHP Object Injection via unserialize() calls | High | Also affects concrete5/concrete5 |
| GHSA-52pr-7vmf-2w7x Concrete CMS is vulnerable to PHP Object Injection via unserialize() calls in the Workflow, Form block, and File/Set components | High | Also affects concrete5/concrete5 |
| GHSA-q9fm-mpg8-8jqm Concrete CMS is vulnerable to Stored XSS via page name in the Atomik theme | Medium | Also affects concrete5/concrete5 |
| GHSA-jqvq-gv67-3567 Concrete CMS is vulnerable to IDOR + wrong-authorization-level in the Express association Reorder dialog | Medium | Also affects concrete5/concrete5 |
| GHSA-xjg6-5v39-v7fc Concrete CMS is vulnerable to CSRF via Backend\File::approveVersion | Medium | Also affects concrete5/concrete5 |
| GHSA-44q4-354f-c826 Concrete CMS is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) at concrete/controllers/backend/file approveVersion() | Medium | Also affects concrete5/concrete5 |
| GHSA-6qjh-p324-694f Concrete CMS is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) at concrete/controllers/backend/file rescanMultiple() | High | Also affects concrete5/concrete5 |
| GHSA-6fxm-r8p3-mx5c Concrete CMS is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) at concrete/controllers/backend/file rescan() | High | Also affects concrete5/concrete5 |
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