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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-40099

An issue was discovered in Concrete CMS through 8.5.5. Fetching the update json scheme over HTTP leads to remote code execution.

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CVE-2021-40099
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1 Nov 2026, 08:09 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2021-40099

core-osv · Original source

Published 24 Sept 2021, 15:15 UTC

An issue was discovered in Concrete CMS through 8.5.5. Fetching the update json scheme over HTTP leads to remote code execution.

osv:CVE-2021-40099
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-40099",
  "method": "structured",
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    "products": [],
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          ],
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          }
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:31:03.723087542Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://documentation.concretecms.org/developers/introduction/version-history/856-release-notes",
        "https://hackerone.com/reports/982130"
      ],
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 440331,
  "published_at": "2021-09-24T15:15:08.597+00:00"
}