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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-40098

An issue was discovered in Concrete CMS through 8.5.5. Path Traversal leading to RCE via external form by adding a regular expression.

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1 Nov 2026, 07:19 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2021-40098

core-osv · Original source

Published 27 Sept 2021, 12:15 UTC

An issue was discovered in Concrete CMS through 8.5.5. Path Traversal leading to RCE via external form by adding a regular expression.

osv:CVE-2021-40098
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-40098",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "summary": "An issue was discovered in Concrete CMS through 8.5.5. Path Traversal leading to RCE via external form by adding a regular expression.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-40098",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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              "type": "GIT",
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                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
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              ],
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                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "8.5.5"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
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            "5.7.5.7",
            "5.7.5.6",
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            "5.7.0.3",
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          "database_specific": {
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:51.696474510Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://documentation.concretecms.org/developers/introduction/version-history/856-release-notes",
        "https://hackerone.com/reports/1102080"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
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        "value": "CVE-2021-40098",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 437539,
  "published_at": "2021-09-27T12:15:08.007+00:00"
}