Is CVE-2021-32648 in the CISA KEV catalog?

Yes. CVE-2021-32648 is on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list, added 2022-01-18.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2021-32648?

CVE-2021-32648 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.2 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2021-32648?

CVE-2021-32648 has an EPSS score of 90.42% (100th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2021-32648?

Upgrade october to 1.1.5 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2021-32648

HIGHCISA KEVEPSS 100th pctl

8.2

CVSS v3

NVD

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.

CWE-287Improper Authentication

How to fix

Remediation Available

octoberNVD

Affected:>= 1.1.1, < 1.1.5Fixed in:1.1.5CVE-2021-32648derived from NVD

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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

90.42%probability of exploitation in 30 days

100thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 100% of all known CVEs.

Known Exploited Vulnerability (CISA KEV)

October CMS Improper Authentication

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.

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Remediation due: 2022-02-01

References

Patch3

Government Resource1

cisa.gov

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE-2023-35082	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2023-35078	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2017-7921	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	-
CVE-2024-7593	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	-
CVE-2023-46805	High	8.2	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2022-40684	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix

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