CVE-2026-87031

Missing authorization in the REST API user creation endpoint in Concrete CMS 9.2.0 through 9.5.3 allows arbitrary account creation

State
Published
Severity
2.1 Low
Published
Sep 16, 2026
Updated
Sep 17, 2026
Reserved
Sep 8, 2026

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Description

n Concrete CMS 9.2.0 through 9.5.3, the REST API user creation endpoint (POST /ccm/api/1.0/users, the add() method of concrete/src/Api/Controller/Users.php) did not perform a permission check before creating an account. As a result, any valid OAuth token carrying the users:add scope, including a client_credentials token with no associated user context, could create active, validated user accounts, bypassing email verification and administrator approval. Under default registration settings the created accounts could then edit page content, providing a path to stored cross-site scripting and further compromise. The Concrete CMS security team gave this vulnerability a CVSS v4.0 score of 2.1 with vector CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N. Thanks Winston Crooker for reporting.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
4.02.1 LowCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:NConcreteCMS

Weaknesses

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Concrete CMSConcrete CMS
  • 9.2.0 through 9.5.3Affected

References

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