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CVE-2022-43688 — concrete5

MEDIUMFix: concretecms/concretecms#10999

CVE-2022-43688 is a medium-severity (CVSS 4.8) Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in concrete5/concrete5. A fix is available for concrete5/concrete5 — see the affected versions and patch details below.

Concrete CMS vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting

Also known asGHSA-9jc5-9wh5-mc36
Published
Updated
Affected
2 pkgs
Patched
2 / 2
Exploits
None indexed
Exploitation data as of Nov 5, 2026 · OSV.dev, NVD, FIRST.org (EPSS)

EPSS Exploitation Probability

via FIRST.org ↗
0.6%probability of exploitation in next 30 days
Lower Risk0.00%
Lower risk than most CVEs49th percentile — riskier than 49% of all scored CVEsHighest risk
0.00%0.37%0.74%1.11%0.4%0.6%May 26Sep 26Nov 26

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.

How urgent is this, really

Where this sits among everything scored

Real-World Exposure

2 pkgs affected
🐘concrete5/concrete5🐘concrete5/concrete5

Real-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Packagist packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.

Description

Concrete CMS (formerly concrete5) below 8.5.10 and between 9.0.0 and 9.1.2 is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in icons since the Microsoft application tile color is not sanitized. Remediate by updating to Concrete CMS 9.1.3+ or 8.5.10+.

Affected Packages

2 total 2 fixed
EcosystemPackageVulnerable rangeFix
🐘Packagistconcrete5/concrete5all versions8.5.10composer require concrete5/concrete5:^8.5.10
🐘Packagistconcrete5/concrete5≥ 9.0.0&&< 9.1.39.1.3composer require concrete5/concrete5:^9.1.3

Affected Products

1 product · 2 configurations
Application
concrete cmsconcretecms
≥ 9.0.0 && ≤ 9.1.2
range

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency

  1. Detect

    Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for concrete5/concrete5, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.

  2. Fix

    Update concrete5/concrete5 to 8.5.10 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2022-43688 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.

  3. Workarounds

    Escape or sanitise the affected output on the server side rather than relying on client-side filtering, and add a Content-Security-Policy that blocks inline script execution so injected markup cannot run even if it reaches the page.

Frequently Asked Questions

Concrete CMS (formerly concrete5) below 8.5.10 and between 9.0.0 and 9.1.2 is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in icons since the Microsoft application tile color is not sanitized. Remediate by updating to Concrete CMS 9.1.3+ or 8.5.10+.
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CVE-2022-43688: concrete5 XSS — Fixed in 8.5.10