TI-2026-06936 Aliases CVE-2026-7879 GHSA-fqg3-8w8r-8g94

Concrete CMS 9.5.0 and below is vulnerable to File Download Authorization Bypass in submit_password()

LOW 27CWE-862Published 2026-05-21 · Updated 2026-05-22

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: High
Attack requirements: Present
Impact type: Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Low · None · None
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-862.

Summary

In Concrete CMS 9.5.0 and below, the submit_password() method in concrete/controllers/single_page/download_file.php allows unauthorized file access since downloading permission-restricted files bypasses the view_file permission check. Files without passwords can be downloaded and any user who knows a file's password can download a password protected file regardless of whether they have permission to access the file. The Concrete CMS security team gave this vulnerability a CVSS v.4.0 score of 6.3 with vector CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N. Thanks Youssef Eid for reporting

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00224 13th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed concrete5/concrete5 (Packagist): 9.5.1

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	concrete5/concrete5 (Packagist)	before 9.5.1	9.5.1	Patch available	GHSA-fqg3-8w8r-8g94

concrete5/concrete5 (Packagist) Vendor— Affected before 9.5.1 Fixed in 9.5.1 Patch available GHSA-fqg3-8w8r-8g94

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:concretecms:concrete_cms::::::::	before 9.5.1	Vulnerable	Concrete CMS

cpe:2.3:a:concretecms:concrete_cms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 9.5.1 Vulnerable ·Concrete CMS

Remediation

Fix · GHSA-fqg3-8w8r-8g94 concrete5/concrete5 (Packagist) Fixed in 9.5.1 Advisory →

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-7879
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fqg3-8w8r-8g94

References

Advisory 1

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-7879

Other 2

TI-2026-23602 ConcreteCMS v9.4.7 contains a Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability in the File Manager… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
TI-2023-23992 A Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Concrete CMS from versions 9.2.0 to 9.2.2… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
TI-2023-26495 Concrete CMS before 8.5.13 and 9.x before 9.2.2 allows unauthorized access because… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2026-14907 Missing authorization in Concrete CMS CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
TI-2022-06200 Cleartext transmission of sensitive information in https://github.com/concrete5/concrete5 CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2021-17294 An issue was discovered in Concrete CMS through 8.5.5. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8

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Sources

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