CVE-2021-32648: October CMS Improper Authentication
- Is it exploited?
Yes. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on , 145 days after the CVE record was published.
- How likely is exploitation in the next 30 days?
- 90.4%
EPSS score, percentile 99.8 of all scored records
- How severe?
- 8.2 High
CVSS v3.1 base score, given by the CNA
- What should I do?
CISA deadline . Apply updates per vendor instructions.
The CVE record links no vendor advisory, patch or mitigation.
- Which versions are affected?
Affected
- >= 1.0.471, < 1.0.472
- >= 1.1.1, < 1.1.5
Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, 2026.10.28, as of ; FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS), v2026.06.15, as of ; CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of . About the data.
What to do
Required action, set by CISA
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
CISA due date for this action: .
Advisories and patches
The CVE record links no vendor advisory, patch or mitigation.
Linked from CISA's catalog entry
Affected products and versions
As listed in the CVE record.
| Status | Versions |
|---|---|
| Affected | >= 1.0.471, < 1.0.472 |
| Affected | >= 1.1.1, < 1.1.5 |
Source: CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of . About the data.
About this vulnerability
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.
Summary: CISA's KEV catalog, as of .
- CISA added CVE-2021-32648 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog on 18 Jan 2022.
- CISA's ransomware flag for this entry is "Unknown": no evidence of ransomware use in the catalog, which is not proof of none.
- The due date CISA sets for the required action is 1 Feb 2022.
- The CVE record was published on 26 Aug 2021, 145 days before it was added to KEV.
- The CVE record carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.2 (High), given by its CNA.
- FIRST's EPSS model puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 90.4% (percentile 99.8), as of 28 Oct 2026.
- CISA's SSVC assessment in the CVE record: exploitation active, automatable yes, technical impact partial.
Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, 2026.10.28, as of ; CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of ; FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS), v2026.06.15, as of . About the data.
Description
Account Takeover in Octobercms
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.
Source: CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of . About the data.
Weakness
- CWE-287: Improper Authentication
CWE and CAPEC are maintained by MITRE; the entries are those named in the CVE record and the KEV entry.
Timeline
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