CVE-2021-32648
Account Takeover in Octobercms
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.2 High
- Published
- Aug 26, 2021
- Updated
- Oct 21, 2025
- Reserved
- May 12, 2021
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 8.2 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N | GitHub_M |
Weaknesses
- CWE-287 Improper Authentication
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
octoberoctobercms |
|
References
- https://github.com/octobercms/october/security/advisories/GHSA-mxr5-mc97-63rc
- https://github.com/octobercms/library/commit/016a297b1bec55d2e53bc889458ed2cb5c3e9374
- https://github.com/octobercms/library/commit/5bd1a28140b825baebe6becd4f7562299d3de3b9
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-32648government-resource
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