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GHSA-H76R-VGF3-J6W5

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2021-08-30 16:13 – Updated: 2022-08-11 00:18

Summary

October CMS auth bypass and account takeover

Details

Impact

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to bypass authentication using a specially crafted persist cookie.

To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker must obtain a Laravel’s secret key for cookie encryption and signing.
Due to the logic of how this mechanism works, a targeted user account must be logged in while the attacker is exploiting the vulnerability.
Authorization via persist cookie not shown in access logs.

Patches

Issue has been patched in Build 472 and v1.1.5
Shortened patch instructions

Workarounds

Apply https://github.com/octobercms/library/commit/016a297b1bec55d2e53bc889458ed2cb5c3e9374 and https://github.com/octobercms/library/commit/5bd1a28140b825baebe6becd4f7562299d3de3b9 to your installation manually if you are unable to upgrade.

[Update 2022-01-20] Shortened patch instructions can be found here.

Recommendations

We recommend the following steps to make sure your server stays secure:

Keep server OS and system software up to date.
Keep October CMS software up to date.
Use a multi-factor authentication plugin.
Change the default backend URL or block public access to the backend area.
Include the Roave/SecurityAdvisories Composer package to ensure that your application doesn't have installed dependencies with known security vulnerabilities.

References

Bugs found as part of Solar Security CMS Research. Credits to: • Andrey Basarygin • Andrey Guzei • Mikhail Khramenkov • Alexander Sidukov • Maxim Teplykh

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Email us at hello@octobercms.com

Severity

7.4 (High)


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

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  "summary": "October CMS auth bypass and account takeover"
}

CVE-2021-29487 (GCVE-0-2021-29487)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-08-26 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-03 22:11

Title

Authentication bypass in Octobercms

Summary

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.

Severity

7.4 (High)


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

CWE

CWE-287 - Improper Authentication

Assigner

GitHub_M CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard C 72/100 over 7876 records in the last 180 days details

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/octobercms/library/commit/016a…	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/octobercms/library/commit/5bd1…	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/octobercms/october/security/ad…	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
octobercms	october	Affected: >= 1.0.471, < 1.0.472 Affected: >= 1.1.1, < 1.1.5

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