CVE-2026-8421

Concrete CMS 9.5.0 and below contains a CSRF vulnerability in the install_package() method of concrete/controllers/single_page/dashboard/extend/install.php. An attacker who can cause an authenticated administrator to visit a crafted page, and who has placed or caused a package to be present under DIR_PACKAGES/<handle>/, can force the installation of that package without any CSRF protection. Package installation executes the package controller's install() method as the web server user, enabling remote code execution. In order to be vulnerable, the victim must be passing canInstallPackages. The Concrete CMS security team gave this vulnerability a CVSS v.4.0 score of 7.5 with vector CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N. Thanks https://github.com/maru1009 for reporting.

CVSS v3 8.8 HIGH

8.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://documentation.concretecms.org/9-x/developers/introduction/version-history/951-release-notes	Release Notes

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

History

26 May 2026, 14:57

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:concretecms:concrete_cms::::::::
First Time		Concretecms concrete Cms Concretecms
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
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 8.8

21 May 2026, 21:16

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-05-21 21:16

Updated : 2026-05-26 14:57

NVD link : CVE-2026-8421

Mitre link : CVE-2026-8421

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-8421

JSON object : View

Products Affected

concretecms

concrete_cms

CWE

CWE-352

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

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