CVE-2021-32650 - CVE House

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Status published High CVE-2021-32650

Arbitrary code execution in october/system

8.8 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

October CMS is a self-hosted content management system (CMS) platform based on the Laravel PHP Framework. Prior to versions 1.0.473 and 1.1.6, an attacker with access to the backend is able to execute PHP code by using the theme import feature. This will bypass the safe mode feature that prevents PHP execution in the CMS templates.The issue has been patched in Build 473 (v1.0.473) and v1.1.6. Those unable to upgrade may apply the patch to their installation manually as a workaround.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

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Affected Vendor

octobercms

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Affected Software

october

Vulnerable Versions:

< 1.0.473, >= 1.1.0, < 1.1.6

Timeline

Official Publish: January 14th, 2022

Last Modified: April 22nd, 2025

Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application

T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter

T1562 Impair Defenses

Defense Evasion

T1213 Data from Information Repositories