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CVE-2021-32648

October CMS — October CMS Improper Authentication

October CMS · CWE-287 — Improper authentication · in CISA KEV since 2022-01-18

ExigentKEV since 2022 · listed over a yearCISA KEVActively Exploited
85

EVRS 85 of 100 Immediate

Out-of-Band / Urgent Remediation

Rank 402 of 2,960 tracked

Raised to the floor for a confirmed exploited vulnerability.

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Why it scores 85

Evidence available: 6 of 7 signals

Listed in the CISA KEV catalog, and an EPSS probability of 0.904.

  • CISA KEVApplied
  • RansomwareDid not apply
  • Vendor exploitationDid not apply
  • EPSSApplied
  • Microsoft Exploitability IndexNot applicable
  • Pre-patch disclosureNo data
  • KEV recencyDid not apply
  • CVSSApplied

The band answers “how soon”, not “how bad”. No data for: Pre-patch disclosure. Why some signals show no data

Fix

Patch or fixed version identified

CISA required action

Fixed in

  • october/system1.0.4721.1.5update to this version or later in your release line

Affected versions

  • october/system (composer)affected < 1.0.472, fixed in 1.0.472affected >= 1.1.1, < 1.1.5, fixed in 1.1.5

Remediation

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Fixed versions from NVD and GitHub. Affected packages also in GitHub Advisory GHSA-mxr5-mc97-63rc (CC BY 4.0).

Evidence

Each value with its source
MeasureValueSource
CVSS base scoreHow severe the flaw is in itself. It does not say how likely an attack is. 9.1 NVD
FIRST EPSSFIRST's estimate of the chance this is exploited in the next 30 days, and how that ranks against all CVEs. 0.904 (99.8th pctl) FIRST EPSS
Actively exploitedWhether a source of record has confirmed attacks using it in the wild. Confirmed CISA KEV
Ransomware campaign useWhether CISA has seen ransomware operators use it. Unknown or none CISA KEV
CISA remediation deadlineThe date US federal agencies must have fixed or mitigated it. 2022-02-01 · KEV since 2022 · listed over a year CISA KEV
Public exploit moduleA module existing is not the same as active exploitation. None known Metasploit
EUVD cross-referenceENISA's record: CVSS 8.2 (v3.1), assigned by GitHub_M. Listed ENISA EUVD

Description

NVD

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.

What CISA says to do