MEDIUM

GHSA-fqg3-8w8r-8g94

Concrete CMS has an unauthorized file access issue

Quick fix

GHSA-fqg3-8w8r-8g94 — concrete5/concrete5: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

composer require concrete5/concrete5:^9.5.1

Details

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.

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Affected packages

Packagist/concrete5/concrete5

Introduced in: 0Fixed in: 9.5.1

Fixcomposer require concrete5/concrete5:^9.5.1

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-7879[ADVISORY]
https://documentation.concretecms.org/9-x/developers/introduction/version-history/951-release-notes[WEB]
https://github.com/concretecms/concretecms[PACKAGE]