Is CVE-2021-29487 actively exploited?

CVE-2021-29487 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2024-11-21.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2021-29487?

CVE-2021-29487 has a CVSS score of 7.4 (HIGH severity). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

How do I patch CVE-2021-29487?

Patch guidance is available from octobercms security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2021-29487.

Fix CVE-2021-29487 - HIGH octobercms october

Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2021-29487?

2 products: octobercms october, octobercms october.

Description

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.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack Vector: network
Complexity: high
Privileges: none
User Action: none
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: high
Integrity: high
Availability: none
Weaknesses: CWE-287 · Improper AuthenticationNVD-CWE-Other

Metadata

Primary Vendor: OCTOBERCMS
Published: 8/26/2021
Last Modified: 11/21/2024
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

CVE-2021-29487

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