CVE-2026-8245

CVE-2026-8245 is a medium-severity security vulnerability in concrete5/concrete5 (composer), affecting versions < 9.5.1. It is fixed in 9.5.1.

Summary

Concrete CMS 9.5.0 and below is vulnerable to Reflected XSS in Legacy Pagination via HTML attribute injection. Concrete\Core\Legacy\Pagination builds pagination links by raw-interpolating its $URL field into href="" (<a href="{$linkURL}" …>). Any authenticated admin or report viewer with access to /dashboard/reports/forms/legacy who clicks the crafted URL fires the payload in their session.

Impact

Affected versions

concrete5/concrete5 (< 9.5.1)

Security releases

concrete5/concrete5 → 9.5.1 (composer)

Kodem intelligence

Severity tells you how bad this could be in the worst case. It does not tell you whether you are exposed. Exploitability and impact are functions of runtime truth: whether the vulnerable code is present, reachable, and actually executes in your application. A vulnerable package can sit in your dependency tree and never run.

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Remediation advice

Upgrade concrete5/concrete5 to 9.5.1 or later to resolve this vulnerability.

Kodem Kai can prioritize this vulnerability in your dependency tree and generate a fix recommendation.

Frequently Asked Questions

  1. What is CVE-2026-8245? CVE-2026-8245 is a medium-severity security vulnerability in concrete5/concrete5 (composer), affecting versions < 9.5.1. It is fixed in 9.5.1.
  2. Which versions of concrete5/concrete5 are affected by CVE-2026-8245? concrete5/concrete5 (composer) versions < 9.5.1 is affected.
  3. Is there a fix for CVE-2026-8245? Yes. CVE-2026-8245 is fixed in 9.5.1. Upgrade to this version or later.
  4. Is CVE-2026-8245 exploitable, and should I be worried? Whether CVE-2026-8245 is exploitable in your environment depends on whether the vulnerable code is present and reachable. A CVSS score is a worst-case rating; it does not account for your specific deployment, configuration, or usage patterns. Kodem, an Intelligent Application Security platform, uses runtime intelligence to show which vulnerabilities actually execute in production, so you can focus on the ones that represent real risk. Get a demo
  5. What actually determines whether CVE-2026-8245 is exploitable, and how bad it is? Exploitability and impact are not fixed properties of a CVE. They depend on runtime truth: whether the vulnerable code is present, reachable, and actually executes in your application. A high CVSS score on a dependency that never runs is not the same as real risk. Kodem, an Intelligent Application Security platform, uses runtime intelligence to reveal which vulnerabilities actually execute in production, so teams prioritize the ones that genuinely matter.
  6. How do I fix CVE-2026-8245? Upgrade concrete5/concrete5 to 9.5.1 or later.

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