Vulnerability · CVE-2024-51991
October is a Content Management System (CMS) and web platform.
Published May 5, 2025 · catalog updated May 5, 2025 · October
Check this week
CVE-2024-51991 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 38.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run October.
Gaps on this record
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- Low1.1
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 38.00%
- Remediation
- Version ranges on file
- Affected products
- vendor octobercms October < 3.7.5
October is a Content Management System (CMS) and web platform. A vulnerability in versions prior to 3.7.5 affects authenticated administrators with sites that have the configuration enabled. This configuration will sanitize SVG files uploaded using the media manager. This vulnerability allows an authenticated user to bypass this protection by uploading it with a permitted extension (for example, .jpg or .png) and later modifying it to the .svg extension. This vulnerability assumes a trusted user will attack another trusted user and cannot be actively exploited without access to the administrat
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- vendor octobercms October < 3.7.5< 3.7.5
How to fix CVE-2024-51991
Recommended remediation
Affected version ranges suggest a fixed boundary. Verify against the vendor advisory for your release.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
CVE-2024-51991 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 38.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run October.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with octobercms October < 3.7.5 < 3.7.5. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
No weakness class is stored. EPSS 38.00%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
May 5, 2025 · EUVD
Detected
October is a Content Management System (CMS) and web platform. A vulnerability in versions prior to 3.7.5 affects authenticated administrators with sites that have the configuration enabled. This configuration will sanitize SVG files uploaded using the media manager. This vulnerability allows an authenticated user to bypass this protection by uploading it with a permitted extension (for example, .
May 5, 2025 · EUVD
Updated
October is a Content Management System (CMS) and web platform. A vulnerability in versions prior to 3.7.5 affects authenticated administrators with sites that have the configuration enabled. This configuration will sanitize SVG files uploaded using the media manager. This vulnerability allows an authenticated user to bypass this protection by uploading it with a permitted extension (for example, .
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2024-51991
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-13372
October is a Content Management System (CMS) and web platform. A vulnerability in versions prior to 3.7.5 affects authenticated administrators with sites that have the configuration enabled. This configuration will sanitize SVG files uploaded using the media manager. This vulnera
euvd.enisa.europa.eu
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.