CVE DATABASE / CVE-2021-32648
CVE-2021-32648
October CMS Improper Authentication
CVSS 8.2 · HIGH
⚠ CISA KEV — ACTIVELY EXPLOITED
On the CISA KEV catalog
Confirmed exploited in the wild. Added 2022-01-18.
Federal remediation due 2022-02-01.
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Summary
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.
CVSS 3.1 breakdown
| Base score | 8.2 (HIGH) |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N |
| Attack vector | NETWORK |
| Attack complexity | LOW |
| Privileges required | NONE |
| User interaction | NONE |
| Scope | UNCHANGED |
| Confidentiality | HIGH |
| Integrity | LOW |
| Availability | NONE |
Weakness type (CWE)
Affected products
Octobercms october
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References
- https://github.com/octobercms/library/commit/016a297b1bec55d2e53bc889458ed2cb5c3e9374
- https://github.com/octobercms/library/commit/5bd1a28140b825baebe6becd4f7562299d3de3b9
- https://github.com/octobercms/october/security/advisories/GHSA-mxr5-mc97-63rc
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-32648
Data: NIST NVD + CISA KEV. NVD last modified 2025-10-24. Always verify against the vendor advisory before acting.