{"answers":{"affected":"4 open source packages ship an affected version, including october/system. It affects 1 product.","exploited":"Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2021-32648 in the wild since at least 18 Jan 2022.","fix":"Upgrade october/system to a fixed version for your release line: 1.0.472 or 1.1.5. US federal agencies must fix it by 1 Feb 2022.","what":"CVE-2021-32648 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Octobercms October, published on 26 Aug 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2021-32648 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2021-32648 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Octobercms October, published on 26 Aug 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2021-32648 in the wild since at least 18 Jan 2022.\n\nAffected packages and fixed versions:\n- october/system (Packagist): affected all versions; fixed in 1.0.472\n- october/system (Packagist): affected all versions; fixed in 1.0.472\n- october/system (Packagist): affected from 1.1.1; fixed in 1.1.5\n- october/system (Packagist): affected from 1.1.1; fixed in 1.1.5\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-32648/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-32648/index.md)","id":"CVE-2021-32648","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-32648/index.md","name":"CVE-2021-32648","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-mxr5-mc97-63rc"],"analysis":{"component_type":"web_application","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["account_takeover"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"October CMS","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Attackers can hijack user accounts by exploiting a flaw in the password reset mechanism of October CMS.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"auth_bypass"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"GitHub_M","cpe":[{"product":"october","vendor":"octobercms"}],"cvss":{"score":8.2,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-287","name":"Improper Authentication"}],"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.","ecosystems":["Packagist"],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":"2022-01-14","github_poc":2,"max_poc_stars":12,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":1,"refs":[{"date":"2022-01-14T15:50:11Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/Immersive-Labs-Sec/CVE-2021-32648","stars":12,"title":"Proof Of Concept code for OctoberCMS Auth Bypass CVE-2021-32648"},{"date":"2022-01-20T09:28:13Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/daftspunk/CVE-2021-32648","stars":1,"title":"Patch your code for October CMS Auth Bypass CVE-2021-32648"},{"date":null,"kind":"nuclei","ref":"http/cves/2021/CVE-2021-32648.yaml","stars":null,"title":"OctoberCMS - Account Takeover"}],"tier":"exploited"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"October CMS Improper Authentication","id":"CVE-2021-32648","indexable":true,"kev":{"dateAdded":"2022-01-18","dueDate":"2022-02-01","knownRansomwareCampaignUse":"Unknown","product":"October CMS","requiredAction":"Apply updates per vendor instructions.","vendorProject":"October CMS","vulnerabilityName":"October CMS Improper Authentication"},"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":"Packagist","product":"octobercms:october","products":["octobercms:october"],"type":"auth_bypass","year":"2021"},"n_packages":4,"n_references":3,"next":{"headline":"Authenticated file write leads to remote code execution in october/system","id":"CVE-2021-32649"},"packages":[{"ecosystem":"Packagist","fixed":["1.0.472"],"introduced":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"october/system","purl":null,"source":"GHSA-mxr5-mc97-63rc"},{"ecosystem":"Packagist","fixed":["1.0.472"],"introduced":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"october/system","purl":"pkg:composer/october/system","source":"GHSA-mxr5-mc97-63rc"},{"ecosystem":"Packagist","fixed":["1.1.5"],"introduced":["1.1.1"],"last_affected":[],"package":"october/system","purl":null,"source":"GHSA-mxr5-mc97-63rc"},{"ecosystem":"Packagist","fixed":["1.1.5"],"introduced":["1.1.1"],"last_affected":[],"package":"october/system","purl":"pkg:composer/october/system","source":"GHSA-mxr5-mc97-63rc"}],"prev":{"headline":"Post-authentication Remote Code Execution (RCE) in emissary:emissary","id":"CVE-2021-32647"},"products":["october"],"published":"2021-08-26","related":[{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"October CMS Session ID not invalidated after logout","id":"CVE-2021-3311","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-02-05"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"October CMS File Upload Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2017-1000194","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2017-11-17"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Code injection in n/a","id":"CVE-2017-1000196","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2017-11-17"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Path traversal in n/a","id":"CVE-2017-1000197","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2017-11-17"},{"cvss_score":9.1,"headline":"October CMS safe mode bypass using Twig sandbox escape","id":"CVE-2023-44382","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-12-01"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Authenticated file write leads to remote code execution in october/system","id":"CVE-2021-32649","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-01-14"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CC BY 4.0","name":"GitHub Advisory Database","prefix":"GHSA"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"open","licence":"CC0 1.0","name":"CISA KEV"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"MIT","name":"Nuclei templates"},{"class":"open","licence":"CC0","name":"PoC-in-GitHub"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"yes","exploitation":"active","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2025-10-21","vendors":["octobercms"]},"summary":"Attackers can hijack user accounts by exploiting a flaw in the password reset mechanism of October CMS.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-32648/"}