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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-40097

An issue was discovered in Concrete CMS through 8.5.5. Authenticated path traversal leads to to remote code execution via uploaded PHP code, related to the bFilename parameter.

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CVE-2021-40097
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1 Nov 2026, 07:00 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2021-40097

core-osv · Original source

Published 27 Sept 2021, 12:15 UTC

An issue was discovered in Concrete CMS through 8.5.5. Authenticated path traversal leads to to remote code execution via uploaded PHP code, related to the bFilename parameter.

osv:CVE-2021-40097
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-40097",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2021-40097",
    "summary": "An issue was discovered in Concrete CMS through 8.5.5. Authenticated path traversal leads to to remote code execution via uploaded PHP code, related to the bFilename parameter.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-40097",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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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                    "range": [
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                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "8.5.5"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
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          ],
          "versions": [
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            "8.5.4",
            "8.5.3",
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            "8.4.4",
            "8.4.3",
            "8.4.2",
            "8.4.1",
            "8.3.1",
            "8.2.1",
            "8.2.0",
            "8.2.0RC2",
            "8.1.0",
            "5.7.5.7",
            "5.7.5.6",
            "5.7.5.5",
            "5.7.5.2",
            "5.7.4.1",
            "5.7.3.1",
            "5.7.3",
            "5.7.2.1",
            "5.7.2",
            "5.7.0.4",
            "5.7.1",
            "5.7.0.3",
            "5.7.0.1",
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          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-40097.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:47.247591012Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://documentation.concretecms.org/developers/introduction/version-history/856-release-notes",
        "https://hackerone.com/reports/1102067"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2021-40097",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 436495,
  "published_at": "2021-09-27T12:15:07.96+00:00"
}