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CVE-2022-43689

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-43689 is a medium-severity XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability affecting Concrete CMS versions below 8.5.10 and between 9.0.0 and 9.1.2. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to trigger DNS requests, potentially leading to IP address disclosure. The CVSS score is 5.3, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and a low impact on confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 8.5.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:concretecms:concrete_cms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 9.0.0, <= 9.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:concretecms:concrete_cms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.3MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.65%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
47.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0065 is in the 30th percentile among its peer group of 23,723 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: concrete5/concrete5Fixed in: 8.5.10
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: concrete5/concrete5Fixed in: 9.1.2
github_advisoryvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

composerGHSA-q48r-xg9h-78m8medium

Concrete CMS vulnerable to XML External Entity

Nov 15, 2022

References

documentation.concretecms.org / developers/introduction/version-history/8510-release-notes
Release NotesVendor Advisory
documentation.concretecms.org / developers/introduction/version-history/913-release-notes
Release NotesVendor Advisory
github.com / concretecms/concretecms/releases/8.5.10
Release NotesVendor Advisory
github.com / concretecms/concretecms/releases/9.1.3
Release NotesVendor Advisory
concretecms.org / about/project-news/security/concrete-cms-security-advisory-2022-10-31
Vendor Advisory