Vulnerability · CVE-2021-32648
October CMS Improper Authentication
Published Aug 26, 2021 · catalog updated Jun 16, 2026 · October CMS October CMS
Patch now
CVE-2021-32648 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Feb 1, 2022. Confirm October CMS October CMS against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.
- Severity
- Critical9.1
- Known exploitation
- CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 90.42%
- Remediation
- Remediation guidance
- Affected products
- cpe octobercms/october · vendor October CMS October CMS
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.
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- cpe octobercms/october1.0.471
- vendor October CMS October CMSversion unspecified
How to fix CVE-2021-32648
Recommended remediation
Apply updates per vendor instructions. CISA due date Feb 1, 2022.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
CVE-2021-32648 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Feb 1, 2022. Confirm October CMS October CMS against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with 1.0.471. Apply updates per vendor instructions.
What should an analyst verify?
CWE-287: Improper Authentication. EPSS 90.42%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
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Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Aug 26, 2021 · Catalog
Detected
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.
Jan 18, 2022 · CISA KEV
Known exploited
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Feb 1, 2022 · CISA KEV
Remediation due
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Jun 16, 2026 · Catalog
Updated
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.
Sources
- CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-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.gov - CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2021-32648
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2021-32648
30-day exploitation probability 90.4%
first.org - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2021-32648
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
nvd.nist.gov - VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-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.
vulncheck.com
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.