CVE-2021-40101

Q: How do I fix CVE-2021-40101?

Upgrade concrete cms to 8.5.7 or later.

Q: Is CVE-2021-40101 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2021-40101 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 2.6% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 84% of all scored CVEs.

Q: How severe is CVE-2021-40101?

CVE-2021-40101 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.2, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

Q: What does CVE-2021-40101 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for concrete cms (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

HIGHEPSS 84th pctl

7.2

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

An issue was discovered in Concrete CMS before 8.5.7. The Dashboard allows a user's password to be changed without a prompt for the current password.

CWE-732Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

How to fix

Remediation Available

concrete cmsNVD

Affected:< 8.5.7Fixed in:8.5.7CVE-2021-40101derived from NVD

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredHigh

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

2.56%probability of exploitation in 30 days

84thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 84% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

documentation.concretecms.org

Other references1

hackerone.com

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-732 (Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2011-3923	Critical	9.8	89%	-	Fix
CVE-2018-15379	Critical	9.8	81%	-	-
CVE-2023-32986	High	8.8	61%	-	-
CVE-2021-44521	Critical	9.1	55%	-	Fix
CVE-2018-1000207	High	7.2	55%	-	-
CVE-2018-13374	Medium	4.3	38%	KEV + Ransom	Fix

Common questions

How do I fix CVE-2021-40101?

Upgrade concrete cms to 8.5.7 or later.

Is CVE-2021-40101 being actively exploited?

Not that we know of. CVE-2021-40101 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 2.6% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 84% of all scored CVEs.

How severe is CVE-2021-40101?

CVE-2021-40101 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.2, rated high. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.

What does CVE-2021-40101 affect?

Published advisories record a fix for concrete cms (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.