CVE-2026-8135

Concrete CMS 9.5.0 and below is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution due to insecure deserialization occurring in the ExpressEntryList block controller. An rogue administrator with privileges to add blocks to an area can bypass the intended protection mechanism (_fromCIF === true), which normally restricts malicious inputs over form POST requests, by leveraging the REST API functionality. Because the REST API parses requests using json_decode(), the string "true" is evaluated as a strict PHP Boolean(true).  This bypass allows the attacker to inject a malicious serialized payload  into the block's filterFields database column. The payload will subsequently be executed when the block's data is viewed or edited by an administrator leading to complete server takeover (RCE).The Concrete CMS security team gave this vulnerability a CVSS v.4.0 score of 8.9 with a vector of CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H.  Thanks Nguyễn Văn Thiện https://github.com/Thien225409  for reporting
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:concretecms:concrete_cms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

26 May 2026, 18:44

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CPE cpe:2.3:a:concretecms:concrete_cms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
First Time Concretecms concrete Cms
Concretecms
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 7.2
References () https://documentation.concretecms.org/9-x/developers/introduction/version-history/951-release-notes - () https://documentation.concretecms.org/9-x/developers/introduction/version-history/951-release-notes - Release Notes

21 May 2026, 21:16

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-05-21 21:16

Updated : 2026-05-26 18:44


NVD link : CVE-2026-8135

Mitre link : CVE-2026-8135

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-8135


JSON object : View

Products Affected

concretecms

  • concrete_cms
CWE
CWE-502

Deserialization of Untrusted Data