Concrete CMS below 9.5.3 is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in Dashboard SEO Excluded Words Reset Endpoint (CVE-2026-81920) | HOL Guard CVE

Unknown severity · Source severity not reportedCVE-2026-81920

Concrete CMS below 9.5.3 is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in Dashboard SEO Excluded Words Reset Endpoint

Answer in brief

CVE-2026-81920 records a Unknown severity vulnerability in Concrete CMS below 9.5.3 is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in Dashboard SEO Excluded Words Reset Endpoint. 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

Concrete CMS below 9.5.3 was vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in the dashboard SEO Excluded Words page. The reset() controller action cleared the administrator-configured reserved-word list (concrete.seo.exclude_words) but did not validate the anti-CSRF token that the reset modal emitted, and it did not restrict the request to the POST method. A remote attacker who lured an authenticated user with SEO access to a crafted page could revert the reserved-word list to its default and silently alter future URL-slug generation for pages, files, topics, and other objects created through the Text urlify service, undoing the site's configured SEO slug policy. The Concrete CMS security team gave this vulnerability a CVSS v4.0 score of 2.3 with vector CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N. Thanks riodrwn for reporting.

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