In Concrete CMS 9.5.0 and below,  the submit_password() method in concrete/controllers/single_page/download_file.php allows unauthorized file access since downloading permission-restricted files bypasses the view_file permission check. Files without passwords can be downloaded and any user who knows a file's password can download a password protected file regardless of whether they have permission to access the file. The Concrete CMS security team gave this vulnerability a CVSS v.4.0 score of 6.3 with vector CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N.  Thanks Youssef Eid for reporting
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Description In Concrete CMS 9.5.0 and below,  the submit_password() method in concrete/controllers/single_page/download_file.php allows unauthorized file access since downloading permission-restricted files bypasses the view_file permission check. Files without passwords can be downloaded and any user who knows a file's password can download a password protected file regardless of whether they have permission to access the file. The Concrete CMS security team gave this vulnerability a CVSS v.4.0 score of 6.3 with vector CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N.  Thanks Youssef Eid for reporting
Title Concrete CMS 9.5.0 and below is vulnerable to File Download Authorization Bypass in submit_password()
Weaknesses CWE-862
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ConcreteCMS

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-22T13:15:14.670Z

Reserved: 2026-05-05T18:01:25.067Z

Link: CVE-2026-7879

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-22T13:15:11.192Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-05-21T22:16:48.777

Modified: 2026-05-21T22:16:48.777

Link: CVE-2026-7879

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-05-21T23:00:14Z