{"id":"CVE-2021-32648","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2021-32648","generatedAt":"2026-10-31T14:14:57.766Z","title":"October CMS 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.","published":"2021-08-26T19:15:07.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:53:21.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"security-advisories@github.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":9.1,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-287"],"affected":["octobercms/october"],"epss":{"score":0.90418,"percentile":0.998,"date":"2026-10-30","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":true,"dateAdded":"2022-01-18","dueDate":"2022-02-01","knownRansomwareCampaignUse":"Unknown","notes":"Apply updates per vendor instructions.\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-32648"},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 1 February 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/octobercms/library/commit/016a297b1bec55d2e53bc889458ed2cb5c3e9374","tags":["Patch"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/octobercms/library/commit/5bd1a28140b825baebe6becd4f7562299d3de3b9","tags":["Patch"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/octobercms/october/security/advisories/GHSA-mxr5-mc97-63rc","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/octobercms/library/commit/016a297b1bec55d2e53bc889458ed2cb5c3e9374","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/octobercms/library/commit/5bd1a28140b825baebe6becd4f7562299d3de3b9","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/octobercms/october/security/advisories/GHSA-mxr5-mc97-63rc","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-32648","tags":["US Government Resource"],"source":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-32648","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}