CVE-2026-18111

Concrete CMS 9 before 9.5.3 was vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in the Feature, Feature Link, Hero Image, and Image blocks and before Concrete 8.5.21 in the feature and Image blocks because the external link URL was insufficiently validated by the link filter and was rendered without output escaping. A user with page-editing permissions (such as Add Block combined with Edit Contents on a single page) could store a crafted external link value that broke out of the link markup and injected arbitrary JavaScript. The script executed in the browser session of any user who subsequently viewed, previewed, or edited the affected page, which could lead to session hijacking and escalation of privileges up to full administrative takeover. The Concrete CMS security team gave this vulnerability a CVSS v4.0 score of 8.5 with vector CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N. Thanks to KhanMarshai for reporting this issue.

CVSS

No CVSS.

References

Link	Resource
https://documentation.concretecms.org/developers/introduction/version-history/953-release-notes

Configurations

No configuration.

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-09-15 17:17

Updated : 2026-09-15 17:17

NVD link : CVE-2026-18111

Mitre link : CVE-2026-18111

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-18111

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Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-306

Missing Authentication for Critical Function

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