CVE-2021-41126

Deleted Admin Can Sign In to Admin Interface

HIGH
7.2
CVSS Score
Published: October 6, 2021 at 05:25 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:07 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorOctober

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Severity
HIGH7.2
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%

Description

October is a Content Management System (CMS) and web platform built on the the Laravel PHP Framework. In affected versions administrator accounts which had previously been deleted may still be able to sign in to the backend using October CMS v2.0. The issue has been patched in v2.1.12 of the october/october package. There are no workarounds for this issue and all users should update.

Affected

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

v < 2.1.122.0.0 ≤ v < 2.1.12
Affected range stops below 2.1.12, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (2)

x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesVendor Advisory
https://octobercms.com/changelog

CVSS

7.2HIGHGitHub_M
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-287

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