🛡️ CVE-2022-43686 — concrete-cms
Description
Concrete CMS vulnerable to Uncontrolled Resource Consumption leading to DoS
In Concrete CMS (formerly concrete5) below 8.5.10 and between 9.0.0 and 9.1.2, the authTypeConcreteCookieMap table can be filled up causing a denial of service (high load).
How this vulnerability can be exploited
This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability high.
Weakness class
CVE-2022-43686 is classified as CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits. Resources are allocated on request with no cap, so a client can exhaust them.
Affected software
CVE-2022-43686 is recorded against 2 packages.
- concrete-cms (from 9.0.0 up to 9.1.2)
- concrete5/concrete5 (from 9.0.0 up to 9.1.3)
Timeline and source
Published on 14 November 2022 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.
References
documentation.concretecms.org
documentation.concretecms.org
github.com
github.com
www.concretecms.org
documentation.concretecms.org
documentation.concretecms.org
github.com
github.com
www.concretecms.org
Details
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Packages
| Software | From version | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| concrete-cms | 9.0.0 | 9.1.2 |
| concrete5/concrete5 | 9.0.0 | 9.1.3 |
References
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