Concrete CMS 9.5.0 and below is vulnerable to missing authorization in the bulk_user_assignment.php which can lead to privilege escalation to Administrative Group. Any authenticated user with access to the bulk user assignment dashboard page can add any user email to any group and can remove legitimate admins. The Concrete CMS security team thanks Vincent55 for reporting this issue.
Update concrete5/concrete5 to 9.5.1 if you use the affected versions. Test the change in a non-production environment first.
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hol-guard supply-chain scanConcrete CMS is vulnerable to missing authorization in the bulk_user_assignment.php affects concrete5/concrete5 (composer). Severity is high. Concrete CMS 9.5.0 and below is vulnerable to missing authorization in the bulk_user_assignment.php which can lead to privilege escalation to Administrative Group. Any authenticated user with access to the bulk user assignment dashboard page can add any user email to any group and can remove legitimate admins. The Concrete CMS security team thanks Vincent55 for reporting this issue.
AI coding agents often install or upgrade packages automatically in composer. A high vulnerability in a dependency can be pulled into a project through a normal install or update without a human reviewing the change, expanding the blast radius from a single package to every agent workspace that depends on it.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| concrete5/concrete5composer | <9.5.1 | 9.5.1 |
Concrete CMS 9.5.0 and below is vulnerable to missing authorization in the bulk_user_assignment.php which can lead to privilege escalation to Administrative Group. Any authenticated user with access to the bulk user assignment dashboard page can add any user email to any group and can remove legitimate admins. The Concrete CMS security team thanks Vincent55 for reporting this issue.
Update concrete5/concrete5 to 9.5.1 if you use the affected versions. Test the change in a non-production environment first.
Local check
hol-guard supply-chain scanConcrete CMS is vulnerable to missing authorization in the bulk_user_assignment.php affects concrete5/concrete5 (composer). Severity is high. Concrete CMS 9.5.0 and below is vulnerable to missing authorization in the bulk_user_assignment.php which can lead to privilege escalation to Administrative Group. Any authenticated user with access to the bulk user assignment dashboard page can add any user email to any group and can remove legitimate admins. The Concrete CMS security team thanks Vincent55 for reporting this issue.
AI coding agents often install or upgrade packages automatically in composer. A high vulnerability in a dependency can be pulled into a project through a normal install or update without a human reviewing the change, expanding the blast radius from a single package to every agent workspace that depends on it.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| concrete5/concrete5composer | <9.5.1 | 9.5.1 |
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