CVE-2021-32648

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.

CVSS v3 8.2 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 6.4 MEDIUM

8.2^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 4.2

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

6.4^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 4.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/octobercms/library/commit/016a297b1bec55d2e53bc889458ed2cb5c3e9374	Patch
https://github.com/octobercms/library/commit/5bd1a28140b825baebe6becd4f7562299d3de3b9	Patch
https://github.com/octobercms/october/security/advisories/GHSA-mxr5-mc97-63rc	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/octobercms/library/commit/016a297b1bec55d2e53bc889458ed2cb5c3e9374	Patch
https://github.com/octobercms/library/commit/5bd1a28140b825baebe6becd4f7562299d3de3b9	Patch
https://github.com/octobercms/october/security/advisories/GHSA-mxr5-mc97-63rc	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-32648	US Government Resource

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:octobercms:october::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:octobercms:october:1.0.471:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2021-08-26 19:15

Updated : 2025-10-24 14:47

NVD link : CVE-2021-32648

Mitre link : CVE-2021-32648

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-32648

JSON object : View

Products Affected

octobercms

october

CWE

CWE-287

Improper Authentication

NVD-CWE-Other

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