Concrete CMS below version 9.5.3 is vulnerable to Stored XSS via Express form Text control save_control (CVE-2026-81897) | HOL Guard CVE

Unknown severity · Source severity not reportedCVE-2026-81897

Concrete CMS below version 9.5.3 is vulnerable to Stored XSS via Express form Text control save_control

Answer in brief

CVE-2026-81897 records a Unknown severity vulnerability in Concrete CMS below version 9.5.3 is vulnerable to Stored XSS via Express form Text control save_control. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Concrete CMS/Concrete CMS (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.

Analysis pending evidence review

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Published Sep 15, 2026Updated Sep 15, 2026Source checked Sep 15, 2026First seen by HOL Sep 15, 2026Material review Sep 15, 2026

Upstream Advisory

Key facts

Risk: Unknown severitySource severity not reported
Exploitation: Not marked as known exploited
Affected software: 1 mapped package or product
Fix availability: Not reported

Why this deserves its current priority

A CVSS score is not reported in the current record. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.

Analysis status

Analysis pending evidence review

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Affected scope and exposure questions

The current feed maps Concrete CMS/Concrete CMS (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.

Mapped affected packages and fixed versions
Package	Affected range	Fixed version
Concrete CMS/Concrete CMSgeneric	5.0.0	Not reported

Recommended response

Check inventory. Check lockfiles and deployed manifests for Concrete CMS/Concrete CMS.
Review the reported fix. Monitor this advisory for an available fix and review any installs of the affected package.

Evidence timeline and material changes

Published upstream
Sep 15, 2026
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Source modified
Sep 15, 2026
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First seen by HOL
Sep 15, 2026

Sources and claim methodology

Source referencedocumentation.concretecms.org

Upstream source description

In Concrete CMS below CMS 9.5.3, the save_control action in the Express entities forms dashboard controller did not validate the anti-CSRF token. By causing an authenticated administrator to submit a forged cross-site request, a remote attacker without credentials could write attacker-controlled headline and body values to an existing Express form Text control. Those values were emitted without output encoding by the Express form Text element, so the injected markup executed as persistent JavaScript for any administrator who later opened the affected entry, resulting in stored cross-site scripting. The Concrete CMS security team gave this vulnerability a CVSS v4.0 score of 7.7 with vector CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N. Thanks Yonatan Drori from Tenzai for reporting.

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