CVE-2021-32648 on CISA KEV

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

01What CISA says about this vulnerability

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.

02Required action — verbatim from CISA

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

03Notes & references

• github.com — https://github.com/octobercms/october/security/advisories/GHSA-mxr5-mc97-63rc
• github.com — https://github.com/octobercms/library/commit/016a297b1bec55d2e53bc889458ed2cb5c3…
• github.com — https://github.com/octobercms/library/commit/5bd1a28140b825baebe6becd4f7562299d3…

04SARA's analyst layer — why this matters

This vulnerability is currently on the CISA KEV list, which CISA only adds CVEs to when there is reliable evidence of active exploitation in the wild. For federal civilian agencies, BOD 22-01 requires remediation by the due date above. For everyone else, KEV is the strongest "patch immediately" signal you can get from public threat intel.

05Affected products (summary)

Vendor	Product	Versions
octobercms	october	>= 1.0.471, < 1.0.472, >= 1.1.1, < 1.1.5

06Detection

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