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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2023-48648

Concrete CMS before 8.5.13 and 9.x before 9.2.2 allows unauthorized access because directories can be created with insecure permissions. File creation functions (such as the Mkdir() function) gives universal access (0777) to created folders by default. Excessive permissions can be granted when creating a directory with permissions greater than 0755 or when the permissions argument is not specified.

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CVE-2023-48648
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4 Nov 2026, 15:06 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2023-48648

core-osv · Original source

Published 17 Nov 2023, 00:00 UTC

Concrete CMS before 8.5.13 and 9.x before 9.2.2 allows unauthorized access because directories can be created with insecure permissions. File creation functions (such as the Mkdir() function) gives universal access (0777) to created folders by default. Excessive permissions can be granted when creating a directory with permissions greater than 0755 or when the permissions argument is not specified.

osv:CVE-2023-48648
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-48648",
  "method": "structured",
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    "summary": "Concrete CMS before 8.5.13 and 9.x before 9.2.2 allows unauthorized access because directories can be created with insecure permissions. File creation functions (such as the Mkdir() function) gives universal access (0777) to created folders by default. Excessive permissions can be granted when creating a directory with permissions greater than 0755 or when the permissions argument is not specified.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2023-48648",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:36.590527735Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://documentation.concretecms.org/developers/introduction/version-history/8513-release-notes",
        "https://documentation.concretecms.org/developers/introduction/version-history/922-release-notes",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/48xxx/CVE-2023-48648.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-48648",
        "https://www.concretecms.org/about/project-news/security/2023-11-09-security-blog-about-updated-cves-and-new-release"
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 503943,
  "published_at": "2023-11-17T00:00:00+00:00"
}