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[ CVE-2021-32648 · Published 26 Aug 2021 ]

October CMS Improper Authentication

Exploited · CISA KEV CVSS 9.1 EPSS 90%Fix available

[ Why it matters ]Priority signals

  • Exploited in the wild: on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list since 2022-01-18
  • EPSS: 90% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (higher than 100% of CVEs)
  • Critical severity: CVSS 9.1

[ Description ]Official description

octobercms in a CMS platform based on the Laravel PHP Framework. In affected versions of the october/system package an attacker can request an account password reset and then gain access to the account using a specially crafted request. The issue has been patched in Build 472 and v1.1.5.

CISA: In affected versions of the october/system package an attacker can request an account password reset and then gain access to the account using a specially crafted request.

[ Fixes ]Fixes and patches

CISA required action (US federal deadline 1 Feb 2022): Apply updates per vendor instructions.

[ References ]References