CVE-2015-3989: Concrete5/concrete5 Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
LOWCVE-2015-3989 is a LOW cross-site scripting vulnerability (CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')) affecting Concrete5/concrete5 libraries in the Packagist ecosystem. The issue involves concrete5 vulnerable to cross-site scripting. Remediation is available by upgrading affected packages to version 5.7.4.
CVE-2015-3989 at a Glance
How to Fix CVE-2015-3989
To remediate this vulnerability, upgrade all affected Concrete5/concrete5 dependencies to a patched release. Both direct and transitive dependencies should be checked, as frameworks or security libraries may pull in vulnerable versions transitively.
Upgrade concrete5/concrete5 to 5.7.4Run the following command in your project directory to verify that all resolved dependencies use the patched release:
inspect dependencies for concrete5/concrete5How to Check if You Are Affected
To determine whether your application is affected by CVE-2015-3989, inspect your project dependencies for Concrete5/concrete5:
inspect dependencies for concrete5/concrete5Analyze the terminal output to locate any version of Concrete5/concrete5 in your dependency tree. If any resolved version matches the vulnerable ranges listed in the table below (for example, versions earlier than 5.7.4), your application is affected.
Note: Verify declared build manifests and deployed runtime container environments.
Technical Details
Vulnerability Mechanism & Technical Analysis
This vulnerability is classified under CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting'), where the product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. In Concrete5/concrete5, software state validation or input boundaries are circumvented during processing. Review the official source advisory statement below for specific affected components, classes, and reproduction details.
Source Advisory Statement
CVE-2015-3989 Affected Concrete5/concrete5 Versions
1 component(s)| Product / Package | Ecosystem | Affected Versions | Fixed Version |
|---|---|---|---|
|
concrete5/concrete5
|
Packagist |
< 5.7.4
|
5.7.4
|
References
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Machine-readable OSV JSON
OSV v1.5 Schema
{
"schema_version" : "1.4.0",
"id" : "GHSA-jxhp-rwqv-9fjj",
"modified" : "2025-04-14T19:42:05Z",
"published" : "2022-05-17T03:29:56Z",
"aliases" : [ "CVE-2015-3989" ],
"summary" : "concrete5 vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting",
"details" : "Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in concrete5 before 5.7.4 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to private messages or other unspecified vectors.",
"severity" : [ {
"type" : "CVSS_V4",
"score" : "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U"
} ],
"affected" : [ {
"package" : {
"ecosystem" : "Packagist",
"name" : "concrete5/concrete5"
},
"ranges" : [ {
"type" : "ECOSYSTEM",
"events" : [ {
"introduced" : "0"
}, {
"fixed" : "5.7.4"
} ]
} ]
} ],
"references" : [ {
"type" : "ADVISORY",
"url" : "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-3989"
}, {
"type" : "WEB",
"url" : "https://documentation.concretecms.org/developers/introduction/version-history/5-7-4-release-notes"
}, {
"type" : "PACKAGE",
"url" : "https://github.com/concretecms/concretecms"
}, {
"type" : "WEB",
"url" : "https://web.archive.org/web/20200228094356/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74699"
} ],
"database_specific" : {
"cwe_ids" : [ "CWE-79" ],
"severity" : "LOW",
"github_reviewed" : true,
"github_reviewed_at" : "2025-04-14T19:42:05Z",
"nvd_published_at" : "2015-05-15T18:59:00Z"
}
}