CVE-2017-6905

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-03-15 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

An issue was discovered in concrete5 <= 5.6.3.4. The vulnerability exists due to insufficient filtration of user-supplied data (disable_choose) passed to the "concrete5-legacy-master/web/concrete/tools/files/search_dialog.php" URL. An attacker could execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a browser in the context of the vulnerable website.

Affected products

Concrete5: through 5.6.3.4

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96891
https://github.com/Mnkras/concrete5/commit/3eab581ab670982676e9dabddc9ad439391174ee
https://github.com/concrete5/concrete5-legacy/commit/2b16399ce3e962a8c27fb3ec14bc8e855d65b63a
https://github.com/concrete5/concrete5-legacy/issues/1947
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96891
https://github.com/Mnkras/concrete5/commit/3eab581ab670982676e9dabddc9ad439391174ee
https://github.com/concrete5/concrete5-legacy/commit/2b16399ce3e962a8c27fb3ec14bc8e855d65b63a
https://github.com/concrete5/concrete5-legacy/issues/1947

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