CVE-2021-22966
mediumpriority · track · 35OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.010 · 62 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Privilege escalation from Editor to Admin using Groups in Concrete CMS versions 8.5.6 and below. If a group is granted "view" permissions on the bulkupdate page, then users in that group can escalate to being an administrator with a specially crafted curl. Fixed by adding a check for group permissions before allowing a group to be moved. Concrete CMS Security team CVSS scoring: 7.1 AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCredit for discovery: "Adrian Tiron from FORTBRIDGE ( https://www.fortbridge.co.uk/ )"This fix is also in Concrete version 9.0.0
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.5–8.8
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affected products (3)
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advisories (1)
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- GHSA-j4mv-2rv7-v2j9Improper Privilege Management in Concrete CMS 2021-11-23ghsa · osvUS
Privilege escalation from Editor to Admin using Groups in Concrete CMS versions 8.5.6 and below. If a group is granted "view" permissions on the bulkupdate page, then users in that group can escalate to being an administrator with a specially crafted curl. Fixed by adding a check for group permissions before allowing a group to be moved.
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references (7)
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- https://documentation.concretecms.org/developers/introduction/version-history/857-release-notescnnvd
- https://hackerone.com/reports/1362747cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22966cnnvd
- https://documentation.concretecms.org/developers/introduction/version-history/857-release-notesenisa_euvd
- https://hackerone.com/reports/1362747enisa_euvd
- https://documentation.concretecms.org/developers/introduction/version-history/857-release-notesRelease NotesVendor Advisorynvd
- https://hackerone.com/reports/1362747Permissions Requirednvd
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