Concrete CMS below 9.5.3 is vulnerable to Stored XSS via unsanitized inline block custom style values
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- Passive
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
Concrete CMS below 9.5.3 did not sanitize custom style values in the Block Design dialog before writing them into page CSS via a DOM sink, permitting stored cross-site scripting. An editor-level user could execute script in an administrator's session and escalate privileges. The Concrete CMS security team gave this vulnerability a CVSS v4.0 score of 7.0 with vector CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:L/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N. Thanks Nguyen Manh Thuan for reporting.
Why it matters now
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
No affected products listed by the sources yet.
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:concretecms:concrete_cms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | before 9.5.3 | Vulnerable | Concrete CMS |
- cpe:2.3:a:concretecms:concrete_cms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 9.5.3 Vulnerable ·Concrete CMS
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-18119
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fjhh-g9g9-wm99
References
More Concrete Cms vulnerabilities
- 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
Sources
- CVE-2026-18119 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-18119 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-fjhh-g9g9-wm99 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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