VDB
KO
LOW

GHSA-p8p9-5953-h9jw

Concrete CMS is vulnerable to IDOR in AddMessage/UpdateMessage

Details

Concrete CMS 9.5.0 and below is vulnerable to IDOR in AddMessage/UpdateMessage via attachments[] parameter which can lead to file permission bypass. The `AddMessage` and `UpdateMessage` conversation controllers accept user-supplied file attachment IDs and load files directly via `$em->find(File::class, $attachmentID)` without checking per-file permissions (`canViewFile()`). A user who can post in any conversation can reference any file in the CMS file manager by its sequential ID, effectively bypassing the file permission system. If a site truly has private files, the owner should set up a private storage location https://documentation.concretecms.org/user-guide/editors-reference/dashboard/system-and-maintenance/files/file-storage-locations outside of the webroot so that permissions can be checked on view as well. That way, even if an authorized user attaches a file, or otherwise links to it, unauthorized users won't be able to view the file.

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Affected packages

Packagist / concrete5/concrete5
Introduced in: 0 Fixed in: 9.5.1
Fix composer require concrete5/concrete5:^9.5.1

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