Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-3452

RCE in Concretecms Concrete Cms ≤ 9.4.8

Published
04 March 2026
Modified
04 March 2026
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v4 8.9
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Raw vectorCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
EPSS Score 0.0060 46th percentile
Risk Priority 30 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2026-3452 is a high-severity Deserialization of Untrusted Data (CWE-502) vulnerability in Concretecms Concrete Cms. Its CVSS base score is 8.9 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 46th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

This vulnerability is AI-related — categorised as Other Platforms; in the Supply Chain and Deployment risk domain.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SA-11 (Developer Testing and Evaluation) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary

Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.

Concrete CMS versions below 9.4.8 are affected by CVE-2026-3452, a remote code execution vulnerability stemming from stored PHP object injection in the Express Entry List block. The flaw occurs when attacker-controlled serialized data is stored via the columns parameter in block configuration fields and subsequently passed to PHP's unserialize() function without class restrictions or integrity checks, enabling deserialization of untrusted data (CWE-502). The Concrete CMS security team assessed it with a CVSS v4.0 base score of 8.9 (CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H) and a CVSS v3.1 score of 7.2 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

An authenticated administrator with high privileges (PR:H) can exploit this vulnerability over the network (AV:N). By injecting malicious serialized PHP objects into the block's columns parameter, the attacker tricks the system into deserializing the data during later processing, achieving full remote code execution with high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, availability, and scope across victim, subsequent, and ancillary systems as per the CVSS vectors.

Mitigation is addressed in the Concrete CMS 9.4.8 release notes and via a specific patch in GitHub pull request #12826 (commit 167f16e4805d8ab546d2997c753ac21bf4854920). Security practitioners should upgrade affected installations to version 9.4.8 or later to apply the fix that prevents unsafe unserialization in the Express Entry List block. The vulnerability was reported by YJK (@YJK0805) of ZUSO ART.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

Concrete CMS below version 9.4.8 is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution by stored PHP object injection into the Express Entry List block via the columns parameter. An authenticated administrator can store attacker-controlled serialized data in block configuration fields that are…

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later passed to unserialize() without class restrictions or integrity checks. The Concrete CMS security team gave this vulnerability a CVSS v.4.0 score of 8.9 with vector CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H. Thanks YJK ( @YJK0805 https://hackerone.com/yjk0805 ) of ZUSO ART https://zuso.ai/ for reporting.

CWE(s)

AI Security AnalysisAI

AI Category
Other Platforms
Risk Domain
Supply Chain and Deployment
OWASP Top 10 for LLMs 2025
None mapped
Classification Reason
Matched keywords: ai

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
T1203 Exploitation for Client Execution Execution
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in client applications to execute code.
T1210 Exploitation of Remote Services Lateral Movement
Adversaries may exploit remote services to gain unauthorized access to internal systems once inside of a network.
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

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Affected Assets

concretecms
concrete cms
≤ 9.4.8

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

Developer testing and evaluation can uncover deserialization flaws before deployment.

Input validation directly stops deserialization of untrusted data by ensuring inputs are valid before processing.

Engineering principles such as safe deserialization and input sanitization structurally prevent the weakness from being introduced.

Integrity verification tools can detect malformed or tampered serialized data after the fact.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-02 none match
prevents

PR.PS-02 addresses only post-deployment updates/patching and cannot prevent introduction of unsafe deserialization code, yet it can remediate some instances when the flaw exists in outdated libraries or components.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

finds

Security testing includes validation of deserialization routines and the use of untrusted data, reducing the likelihood that unsafe object reconstruction will be deployed.

prevents

Requiring vetted libraries, regular updates and SAST before release reduces the likelihood that deserialization logic will accept and act on attacker-controlled serialized objects.

finds

Regular scanning of third-party libraries and timely patching reduce the likelihood that unsafe deserialization vulnerabilities remain active.

none

Mandatory malware scanning of data received over networks or storage media intercepts malicious serialized payloads before they are deserialized by the target application.

References