October CMS Improper Authentication (CVE-2021-32648)
Severity: critical · Patch status: patched · Since 2022-01-18 · CVE-2021-32648
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. CISA added CVE-2021-32648 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on Jan 18, 2022, which means attackers are exploiting it in the wild.
What to do
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
- US federal agencies must remediate by Feb 1, 2022 (BOD 22-01); treat that as the outer limit.
Sources
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