High severity7.2NVD Advisory· Published Jul 30, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-36766
CVE-2021-36766
Description
Concrete5 through 8.5.5 deserializes Untrusted Data. The vulnerable code is located within the controllers/single_page/dashboard/system/environment/logging.php Logging::update_logging() method. User input passed through the logFile request parameter is not properly sanitized before being used in a call to the file_exists() PHP function. This can be exploited by malicious users to inject arbitrary PHP objects into the application scope (PHP Object Injection via phar:// stream wrapper), allowing them to carry out a variety of attacks, such as executing arbitrary PHP code.
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Affected products
3- Concrete5/Concrete5description
Patches
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References
3- packetstormsecurity.com/files/163564/Concrete5-8.5.5-Phar-Deserialization.htmlnvdExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Jul/36nvdExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- hackerone.com/reports/1063039nvdPermissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
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