CVE-2021-29487

HIGH

October < 1.0.472 - Authentication Bypass

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

octobercms in a CMS platform based on the Laravel PHP Framework. In affected versions of the october/system package an attacker can exploit this vulnerability to bypass authentication and takeover of and user account on an October CMS server. The vulnerability is exploitable by unauthenticated users via a specially crafted request. This only affects frontend users and the attacker must obtain a Laravel secret key for cookie encryption and signing in order to exploit this vulnerability. The issue has been patched in Build 472 and v1.1.5.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.4
EPSS 0.0050
EPSS Percentile 66.1%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-287
Status published
Products (2)
october/system 0 - 1.0.472Packagist
octobercms/october 1.0.471 - 1.0.472
Published Aug 26, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026