GHSA-6mxw-2vhf-42g5 — concrete5/concrete5
Fix: concretecms/concretecms#12826GHSA-6mxw-2vhf-42g5 is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) 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 Request Forgery (CSRF)
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for GHSA-6mxw-2vhf-42g5.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) is a daily probability model maintained by FIRST.org. It estimates the likelihood a CVE will be exploited in production environments within the next 30 days, derived from real-world threat intelligence signals.
Real-World Exposure
concrete5/concrete5Real-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 below version 9.4.8 is subject to CSRF by a Rogue Administrator using the Anti-Spam Allowlist Group Configuration via group_id parameter which can leads to a security bypass since changes are saved prior to checking the CSRF token.
The Concrete CMS security team thanks z3rco for reporting
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐘Packagist | concrete5/concrete5 | all versions | 9.4.8composer require concrete5/concrete5:^9.4.8 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
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.
Fix
Update concrete5/concrete5 to 9.4.8 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-6mxw-2vhf-42g5 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 Security's impact-aware SCA analyses which vulnerable code paths your application actually calls, so a match like GHSA-6mxw-2vhf-42g5 can be triaged on real exposure rather than presence alone.
Tailored to GHSA-6mxw-2vhf-42g5. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is GHSA-6mxw-2vhf-42g5 in your dependencies?
O3 Security finds GHSA-6mxw-2vhf-42g5 across Packagist dependencies, including transitive ones, and its impact-aware SCA ranks findings by whether your code actually calls the vulnerable path.