CVE-2023-44381

October CMS safe mode bypass using Page template injection

Severity Score

4.9

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

October is a Content Management System (CMS) and web platform to assist with development workflow. An authenticated backend user with the `editor.cms_pages`, `editor.cms_layouts`, or `editor.cms_partials` permissions who would normally not be permitted to provide PHP code to be executed by the CMS due to `cms.safe_mode` being enabled can craft a special request to include PHP code in the CMS template. This issue has been patched in version 3.4.15.

October es Content Management System (CMS) y una plataforma web para ayudar con el flujo de trabajo de desarrollo. Un usuario backend autenticado con los permisos `editor.cms_pages`, `editor.cms_layouts` o `editor.cms_partials` a quien normalmente no se le permitiría proporcionar código PHP para que lo ejecute el CMS debido a que `cms.safe_mode` está habilitado puede manipular una solicitud especial para incluir código PHP en la plantilla CMS. Este problema se solucionó en la versión 3.4.15.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

Multiple

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Complete

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2023-09-28 CVE Reserved
2023-12-01 CVE Published
2024-08-02 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

CAPEC

References (1)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/octobercms/october/security/advisories/GHSA-q22j-5r3g-9hmh	2023-12-06

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Octobercms Search vendor "Octobercms"		October Search vendor "Octobercms" for product "October"				>= 3.0.0 < 3.4.15 Search vendor "Octobercms" for product "October" and version " >= 3.0.0 < 3.4.15"		-		Affected