Description
Concrete CMS 9 to 9.4.2 and versions below 8.5.21 are vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in the Conversation Messages Dashboard Page. Unsanitized input could cause theft of session cookies or tokens, defacement of web content, redirection to malicious sites, and (if victim is an admin), the execution of unauthorized actions. The Concrete CMS security team gave this vulnerability a CVSS v.4.0 score of 4.8 with vector CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N. Thanks Fortbridge https://fortbridge.co.uk/ for performing a penetration test and vulnerability assessment on Concrete CMS and reporting this issue.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Concrete CMS | Concrete CMS | 9.0.0 – < 9.4.3, 5.6 – < 8.5.21 | 9.4.3 |
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
GitHub 1 repository
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chimdi2700/CVE-2025-8571 ★ 0 · Sep 12, 2025
CVE-2025-8571
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Packagist | concrete5/concrete5 | < 8.5.21 | 8.5.21 | GHSA-4pcg-pjp5-3mc6 |
| Packagist | concrete5/concrete5 | >= 9.0.0RC1, < 9.4.3 | 9.4.3 | GHSA-4pcg-pjp5-3mc6 |