# CVE-2024-1247: Concrete CMS version 9 before 9.2.5 vulnerable to stored XSS via the Role Name field

- Also known as: GHSA-Q25H-JCH8-GFRP
- Severity: CVSS 2.0 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Fixed in: 9.2.5
- Published: 2024-02-09 · Updated: 2024-08-01

## Affected

- Concrete CMS: from 9.0.0, fixed in 9.2.5
- concrete5/concrete5 (Packagist): from 9.0.0RC1, fixed in 9.2.5

## Description

Concrete CMS version 9 before 9.2.5 is vulnerable to stored XSS via the Role Name field since there is insufficient validation of administrator provided data for that field. A rogue administrator could inject malicious code into the Role Name field which might be executed when users visit the affected page. The Concrete CMS Security team scored this 2 with CVSS v3 vector AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln-metrics/cvss/v3-calculator . Concrete versions below 9 do not include group types so they are not affected by this vulnerability.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Concrete CMS, concrete5/concrete5, upgrade to a fixed version (9.2.5) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://documentation.concretecms.org/9-x/developers/introduction/version-history/925-release-notes
- https://www.concretecms.org/about/project-news/security/2024-02-04-security-advisory
- https://github.com/Nxploited/CVE-2024-1247-PoC

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