CVE-2021-29487
High
Description
octobercms in a CMS platform based on the Laravel PHP Framework. In affected versions of the october/system package an attacker can exploit this vulnerability to bypass authentication and takeover of and user account on an October CMS server. The vulnerability is exploitable by unauthenticated users via a specially crafted request. This only affects frontend users and the attacker must obtain a Laravel secret key for cookie encryption and signing in order to exploit this vulnerability. The issue has been patched in Build 472 and v1.1.5.
SeverityHigh
CVSS7.4
Exploit probability—
ProductOctober
PublishedAug 26, 2021
First seenAug 26, 2021
Weakness typeCWE-287Improper authentication
How to fix
Update
- octobercms october1.0.472, 1.1.5 or later
- october/system1.0.472, 1.1.5 or later
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| octobercms october | 1.0.471 ≤ v < 1.0.472, 1.1.1 ≤ v < 1.1.5 | 1.0.472, 1.1.5 |
| october/systemPackagist | v < 1.0.472, 1.1.1 ≤ v < 1.1.5 | 1.0.472, 1.1.5 |
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