How severe is GHSA-9qhc-pg6j-wf23?

GHSA-9qhc-pg6j-wf23 has a CVSS score of 3.1/10, rated LOW. Review your exposure and patch according to your risk tolerance.

Which packages are affected by GHSA-9qhc-pg6j-wf23?

GHSA-9qhc-pg6j-wf23 affects the following packages: concrete5/concrete5 (Packagist), concrete5/concrete5 (Packagist). Ecosystems affected: Packagist.

How do I fix GHSA-9qhc-pg6j-wf23?

Update concrete5/concrete5 to 9.2.8 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-9qhc-pg6j-wf23 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.

How do I detect GHSA-9qhc-pg6j-wf23 in my Packagist dependencies?

Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for concrete5/concrete5. O3's reachability analysis confirms whether the vulnerable code path is actually invoked in your application, so you act on real exposure instead of every transitive match.

How do I mitigate GHSA-9qhc-pg6j-wf23 if there is no patch (or I can't update yet)?

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 does O3 Security protect against GHSA-9qhc-pg6j-wf23?

O3 pinpoints whether GHSA-9qhc-pg6j-wf23 is reachable in your code and exactly where to fix it, then blocks exploitation in production at runtime until the patched version is deployed.

Is GHSA-9qhc-pg6j-wf23 actively exploited in the wild?

No public exploit code has been indexed for GHSA-9qhc-pg6j-wf23 yet. This does not mean the vulnerability cannot be exploited — absence of public exploits does not imply safety. Apply the recommended fix and use O3 Security to monitor your exposure.

What is the EPSS score for GHSA-9qhc-pg6j-wf23?

GHSA-9qhc-pg6j-wf23 has an EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) score of 0.4%, placing it in the 28th percentile of all CVEs. EPSS is maintained by FIRST.org and estimates the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. This score indicates relatively lower exploitation probability, though the CVSS severity should still guide your patching priority.

When was GHSA-9qhc-pg6j-wf23 published, and has it been updated?

GHSA-9qhc-pg6j-wf23 was published on April 3, 2024 and was last updated on August 8, 2024. Advisory data evolves as severity scores, affected ranges, and exploit intelligence are revised — always check the latest version of the advisory before acting.

GHSA-9qhc-pg6j-wf23: Concrete CMS Stored XSS in blocks of type…

EPSS Exploitation Probability

via FIRST.org ↗

0.4%probability of exploitation in next 30 days

Lower Risk28th percentile+0.26%

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.

Blast Radius

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 version 9 below 9.2.8 and previous versions below 8.5.16 is vulnerable to Stored XSS in blocks of type file. Stored XSS could be caused by a rogue administrator adding malicious code to the link-text field when creating a block of type file. The Concrete CMS security team gave this vulnerability a CVSS v3.1 score of 3.1 with a vector of AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln-metrics/cvss/v3-calculator . Thanks Alexey Solovyev for reporting.

Affected Packages

2 total 2 fixed

Ecosystem	Package	Vulnerable range	Fix
🐘Packagist	`concrete5/concrete5`	≥ 9.0.0RC1&&< 9.2.8	9.2.8
🐘Packagist	`concrete5/concrete5`	all versions	8.5.16

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency

Detect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for concrete5/concrete5. O3's reachability analysis confirms whether the vulnerable code path is actually invoked in your application, so you act on real exposure instead of every transitive match.
Fix
Update concrete5/concrete5 to 9.2.8 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-9qhc-pg6j-wf23 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 pinpoints whether GHSA-9qhc-pg6j-wf23 is reachable in your code and exactly where to fix it, then blocks exploitation in production at runtime until the patched version is deployed.

Tailored to GHSA-9qhc-pg6j-wf23. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.

Frequently Asked Questions

Concrete CMS version 9 below 9.2.8 and previous versions below 8.5.16 is vulnerable to Stored XSS in blocks of type file. Stored XSS could be caused by a rogue administrator adding malicious code to the link-text field when creating a block of type file. The Concrete CMS security team gave this vulnerability a CVSS v3.1 score of 3.1 with a vector of AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln-metrics/cvss/v3-calculator . Thanks Alexey Solovyev for reporting.

O3 Security · Impact-Aware SCA

Is GHSA-9qhc-pg6j-wf23 in your dependencies?

O3 detects GHSA-9qhc-pg6j-wf23 across Packagist dependencies and uses function-level reachability to confirm whether the vulnerable code path is actually reachable — not just present. No false positives.

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