CVE-2021-32648

Account Takeover in Octobercms

CRITICAL
9.1
CVSS Score
Published: August 26, 2021 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:53 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorOctober

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Severity
CRITICAL9.1
Exploitation
CISA KEV
Exploit prediction
EPSS 91%
SSVC
Active

Actively Exploited

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog

EPSS Score91.2%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) estimates a 91.2% chance this CVE is exploited in the wild within the next 30 days — higher than 100% of all CVEs. It complements CVSS: a high EPSS on a mid-severity CVE can still be urgent.

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.

Required Action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Ransomware Use
Unknown
Added to KEV
Jan 18, 2022
Remediation Due
Feb 1, 2022
1734 days overdue

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 1.0.472v < 1.1.51.1.1 ≤ v < 1.1.51.0.471
Affected range stops below 1.0.472, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 1.1.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCActiveAutomatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-287NVD-CWE-Other

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