CVE-2026-8428

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El formulario se renderiza como un formulario POST, lo que significa que el token llega al navegador, pero debido a que el controlador lo descarta sin verificaci\u00f3n, un atacante puede elaborar un POST de sitio cruzado que activa una actualizaci\u00f3n del CMS central a una cadena de versi\u00f3n especificada por el atacante. Para ser vulnerable, la v\u00edctima debe estar pasando canUpgrade() y una versi\u00f3n de actualizaci\u00f3n v\u00e1lida debe estar presente bajo DIR_CORE_UPDATES. El equipo de seguridad de Concrete CMS dio a esta vulnerabilidad una puntuaci\u00f3n CVSS v.4.0 de 7.5 con el vector CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N. 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