# CVE-2021-32648: Account Takeover in Octobercms

> CVE-2021-32648: Account Takeover in Octobercms. CVSS 8.2 (CVSS 3.1), in CISA KEV.

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2021-32648
Last updated: 2025-10-21T23:25:36Z

- Published: 2021-08-26 19:00 UTC · Updated: 2025-10-21 23:25 UTC · Assigner: GitHub\_M
- CVSS: 8.2 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: High · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
- EPSS: 90.4%, 100th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: yes, added 2022-01-18, federal due date 2022-02-01, ransomware use: Unknown
- CWE: CWE-287

## Description

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.

## CISA required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

## Affected vendors and products

- octobercms: october

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-32648)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-32648)
- [https://github.com/octobercms/library/commit/016a297b1bec55d2e53bc889458ed2cb5c3e9374](https://github.com/octobercms/library/commit/016a297b1bec55d2e53bc889458ed2cb5c3e9374)
- [https://github.com/octobercms/library/commit/5bd1a28140b825baebe6becd4f7562299d3de3b9](https://github.com/octobercms/library/commit/5bd1a28140b825baebe6becd4f7562299d3de3b9)
- [https://github.com/octobercms/october/security/advisories/GHSA-mxr5-mc97-63rc](https://github.com/octobercms/october/security/advisories/GHSA-mxr5-mc97-63rc)

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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2021-32648 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2021-32648.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2021-32648 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-10-26T02:15:30.442Z