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Fencer Vulns
high 7.4

CVE-2021-29487 json

Authentication bypass in Octobercms

published 2021-08-26 5 y ago modified 2026-07-08 4 mo ago also GHSA-h76r-vgf3-j6w5 , EUVD-2021-1741

cvss
7.4
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.9%
EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 59%
public exploits
0
none known

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.

Patch / fix

  • packagist october/system 1.0.472, 1.1.5
  • octobercms october 1.0.472, 1.1.5

Exploit prediction

0.90% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 59% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVD 2.0 5.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
GitHub 3.1 7.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
packagist october/system
<1.0.472
>=1.1.1, <1.1.5
1.0.472
1.1.5

Affected products

  • octobercms october

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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