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Exploited in the wild Confirmed confidence In CISA KEV

CVE-2021-32648

Account Takeover in Octobercms

October CMS / october · >= 1.0.471, < 1.0.472

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Severity
CVSS 8.2 · High
Confidence
Confirmed
Exploit status
Exploited in the wild
EPSS
90.4%
First observed
—
Last observed
—

Decision summary

What security teams need to know first

Direct answers before the deeper technical record.

What it is

CVE-2021-32648 is an unauthenticated Account Takeover in Octobercms affecting October CMS october. octobercms in a CMS platform based on the Laravel PHP Framework. In affected versions of the october/system package an...

Is it exploited?

Yes. Previdian tracks this CVE as a known exploited vulnerability. Confidence is confirmed. Listed in CISA KEV.

Who is affected?

October CMS / october >= 1.0.471, < 1.0.472.

What should we do?

Prioritize remediation. Validate affected assets and apply vendor fixes on an accelerated timeline.

Overview

octobercms in a CMS platform based on the Laravel PHP Framework

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.

octobercms Affected
october
>= 1.0.471, < 1.0.472 >= 1.1.1, < 1.1.5
Published
26 Aug 2021
Exploitation Reported
18 Jan 2022
Attack vector
Remote
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None

Tags

cisa nuclei_scanner php

CVE References

Exploitation evidence

Why Previdian marks this CVE as exploited

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Exploited in the wild

CISA

Recorded 18 Jan 2022

A trusted third party reported exploitation.

Proof of concept available

GitHub

Recorded 14 Jan 2022

Public scanner or PoC coverage increases practical exploitability.

Known exploited vulnerability sources

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Source Added
CISA First 2022-01-18 00:00 UTC

Detection

Operational artifacts and observed signals

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Observed signals

Request targets
User-Agents
Callback hosts
0
0
0

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Virtual patch status

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Scanner Artifacts

Scanner and exploit-framework references linked to this CVE.

Scanner Reference Detected
Nuclei https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2021/CVE-2021-32648.yaml 01 Jun 2026

Risk and context

Severity, weaknesses, and research context

CVSS v3.1

8.2 High

Potential damage if exploited. Separate from whether attackers are using it.

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

EPSS

90.4%

Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Previdian's warning comes from evidence, not this score.

Weaknesses

Improper Authentication CWE-287

Potential Proof of Concepts

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OctoberCMS - Account Takeover

nuclei · Created Unknown

Timeline

From disclosure to observed exploitation

  1. 14:20 UTC

    Public PoC available

    Public proof-of-concept code published

  2. 15:34 UTC

    Nuclei template available

    Scanner coverage available

  3. 00:00 UTC

    Added to CISA KEV

    Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

  4. 19:00 UTC

    CVE published

    Vulnerability disclosed publicly

  5. 00:00 UTC

    CVE ID reserved

    Identifier reserved by the CNA

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Sample API response 
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  "cve_id": "CVE-2021-32648",
  "confidence": "Confirmed",
  "cvss_score": 8.2,
  "cvss_estimated": false,
  "epss_score": 0.90418,
  "exploit_status": {
    "exploited_in_the_wild": true,
    "active_exploitation_observed": false
  },
  "sensor_telemetry": { "attempts": 0, "sensors": 0 }
}