CVE-2026-7879

In Concrete CMS 9.5.0 and below, the submit_password() method in concrete/controllers/single_page/download_file.php allows unauthorized file access since downloading permission-restricted files bypasses the view_file permission check. Files without passwords can be downloaded and any user who knows a file's password can download a password protected file regardless of whether they have permission to access the file. The Concrete CMS security team gave this vulnerability a CVSS v.4.0 score of 6.3 with vector CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N. Thanks Youssef Eid for reporting

CVSS v3 5.3 MEDIUM

5.3^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

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

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-05-21 22:16

Updated : 2026-07-23 16:10

NVD link : CVE-2026-7879

Mitre link : CVE-2026-7879

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-7879

JSON object : View

Products Affected

concretecms

concrete_cms

CWE

CWE-862

Missing Authorization

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