CVE-2026-81918
CVE-2026-81918 — Concrete CMS below 9.5.3 is vulnerable to Stored XSS via the Date Format field in the Page Attribute Display block
Concrete CMS below 9.5.3 is vulnerable to Stored XSS via the Date Format field in the Page Attribute Display block. A user with edit_page_contents permissions could store a payload which executes in the browser of any visitor who viewed a page where the block was configured to display a date-type attribute. The Concrete CMS security team gave this vulnerability a CVSS v4.0 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 Oriol Ortiz for reporting.
Published Updated Sources: NVD, Concrete CMS (CNA), GitHub, GitHub Security Advisory, SOCRadar CTI
Triage
Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the scoring sources call it.
Exploitation
Unreported
no source claims exploitation
EPSS
0%
ahead of 0% of scored CVEs
CVSS base
4.8
medium
Remediation
The vendor's own words where we have them.
Upgrade Concrete CMS to a fixed release. Apply vendor patches per advisory and restrict external exposure of the affected component until patched.
First 24 hours
Ordered from the record's own fields — exposure first, because you cannot patch what you have not found.
- Identify exposed assets running affected vendor/product/version combinations.
- Prioritize based on EPSS, PoC availability, and external exposure.
- Search available logs for exploit probes, errors, authentication anomalies, or suspicious child processes matching the vulnerability class.
Affected scope
Vendor, product and version as the advisories word them.
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Concrete CMS | Concrete CMS | 5.0.0 to <= 9.5.2 | Vulnerable |
Attack characteristics
The CVSS vector, decoded. It describes the attack, not your exposure to it.
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Vector
Network
Privileges Req
High
User Interaction
P
Every base score collected
Sources score independently and disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.
| Score | Version | Severity | Expl. | Impact | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.8 | CVSS 4.0 | medium | — | — | Concrete CMS (CNA) |
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
What this weakness leads to
MITRE's own consequences and mitigations for the weakness class — the authority's wording, not guidance derived from the CVSS vector.
CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
- Bypass Protection Mechanism
- Read Application Data
- Execute Unauthorized Code or Commands
Mitigation: Use a vetted library or framework that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid. Examples of libraries and frameworks that make it easier to generate properly encoded output include Microsoft's Anti-XSS library, the OWASP ESAPI Encoding module, and Apache Wicket.
Weakness & attack patterns
- CWE-79Cross-site Scripting
Attack patterns reported against this CVE. The ATT&CK techniques below are inferred from its weakness class.
Detection
Read off the CVSS vector and the weakness class. Starting points, not rules we have tested.
- Search application, proxy, and WAF logs for requests touching /AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N.
- Prioritize edge telemetry for network-reachable Concrete CMS.
Timeline
What happened to this CVE, newest first — with the readings a source repeats on a schedule counted underneath rather than listed.
- 2026
Added · CVSS 3.1 4.8 (AV:N)
Sep 11, 2026 · NVD
Initial · CVE published
Sep 11, 2026 · NVD
Added · GHSA-j987-77r9-4hgr published (medium)
Sep 11, 2026 · GitHub Security Advisory
CVE published by MITRE.
Sep 11, 2026 · SOCRadar CTI
References
3 on the record
- documentation.concretecms.org/developers/introduction/version-history/953-release-notes
Vendor Advisory
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-81918
NVD
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-j987-77r9-4hgr
Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Elsewhere on this site
- Concrete CMSevery CVE for this vendor
- Cross-site Scriptingsame class
- CWE-79other pages naming this weakness
Not in any source we poll
Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.
- No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
- No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
- No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.
Answered from this record1
What should defenders know first?
CVE-2026-81918 is Concrete CMS below 9.5.3 is vulnerable to Stored XSS via the Date Format field in the Page Attribute Display block, a medium vulnerability affecting Concrete CMS from Concrete CMS. The current evidence does not list it in CISA KEV, and the exploit status is: Active exploitation is not confirmed from current sources for CVE-2026-81918. Public exploit evidence is: A public PoC is not confirmed from current sources for CVE-2026-81918. The affected-version evidence is listed in the key facts and affected products tables. Defenders should first verify whether exposed or business-critical assets run those versions, then apply vendor patches or mitigations, restrict reachable attack surface, and preserve logs for detection review. CVSS 4.8 describes technical severity, while EPSS 0% helps estimate near-term exploit likelihood; neither replaces asset context. Unknown fields should remain explicit in tickets, and threat actor, IOC, victimology, or payload claims should not be added unless a cited source supports them. Monitor CISA KEV, vendor advisories, NVD changes, public PoC repositories, and internal telemetry for update triggers.