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High · 8.2 Known exploited Scanner template Public exploit CVE-2021-32648 EUVD-2021-1808GHSA-mxr5-mc97-63rc

Account Takeover in Octobercms

Published Aug 26, 2021 · Updated Oct 21, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
octobercms october >= 1.0.471, < 1.0.472, >= 1.1.1, < 1.1.5 —

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.

GitHub 2 repositories

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

Automated scanner template

A ready-made Nuclei template detects this vulnerability automatically. Vulnerabilities with public scanner templates are typically probed across the internet soon after the template appears — exposed systems should be patched first.

Source: projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates (MIT) — updated daily. Only links are listed.

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Packagist october/system < 1.0.472 1.0.472 GHSA-mxr5-mc97-63rc
Packagist october/system >= 1.1.1, < 1.1.5 1.1.5 GHSA-mxr5-mc97-63rc

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