# CVE-2024-2753: Concrete CMS version 9 below 9.2.8 and below 8.5.16 is vulnerable to stored XSS on the calendar color settings screen

- Also known as: GHSA-PJ42-R64F-4XFQ
- Severity: CVSS 2.0 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 9.2.8, 8.5.16
- Published: 2024-04-03 · Updated: 2024-08-30

## Affected

- Concrete CMS: from 9.0.0, fixed in 9.2.8; from 5.0.0, fixed in 8.5.16
- concrete5/concrete5 (Packagist): from 9.0.0RC1, fixed in 9.2.8
- concrete5/concrete5 (Packagist): fixed in 8.5.16

## Description

Concrete CMS version 9 before 9.2.8 and previous versions prior to 8.5.16 is vulnerable to Stored XSS on the calendar color settings screen since Information input by the user is output without escaping. A rogue administrator could inject malicious javascript into the Calendar Color Settings screen which might be executed when users visit the affected page. The Concrete CMS security team gave this vulnerability a CVSS v3.1 score of 2.0 with a vector of AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N&version=3.1 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln-metrics/cvss/v3-calculator Thank you Rikuto Tauchi for reporting

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Concrete CMS, concrete5/concrete5, upgrade to a fixed version (9.2.8, 8.5.16) per the references below.
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## References

- https://documentation.concretecms.org/developers/introduction/version-history/8516-release-notes?_gl=1*1oa3zn1*_ga*MTc1NDc0Njk2Mi4xNzA2ODI4MDU1*_ga_HFB3HPNNLS*MTcxMjE2NjYyNi4xMy4xLjE3MTIxNjY3MDcuMC4wLjA.
- https://documentation.concretecms.org/9-x/developers/introduction/version-history/928-release-notes?_gl=1*1bcxp5s*_ga*MTc1NDc0Njk2Mi4xNzA2ODI4MDU1*_ga_HFB3HPNNLS*MTcxMjE2NjYyNi4xMy4xLjE3MTIxNjY2ODEuMC4wLjA.

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