CVE-2022-43689: Concrete CMS vulnerable to XML External Entity

medium Affects concrete5/concrete5. Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published 2022-11-15; advisory modified 2023-11-08.

Concrete CMS vulnerable to XML External Entity

Package: concrete5/concrete5 Composer
Affected versions: <8.5.10 or >=9.0.0 and <9.1.2
Fixed in: 8.5.10, 9.1.2
Severity: medium CVSS 5.3
Exploitation: not on CISA KEV · EPSS 1% (53.7th percentile)
Published: 2022-11-15
Source: osv.dev

References

CWE-611

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