Vulnerability · Published Jun 3, 2020 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2020-5297Upload whitelisted files to any directory in OctoberCMS

Low 3.4

In plain English

A low-severity security flaw in october from octobercms. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.2% (higher than 68% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)3.4Low

Exploit odds (30 days)1.2%top 32.1% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In OctoberCMS (october/october composer package) versions from 1.0.319 and before 1.0.466, an attacker can exploit this vulnerability to upload jpg, jpeg, bmp, png, webp, gif, ico, css, js, woff, woff2, svg, ttf, eot, json, md, less, sass, scss, xml files to any directory of an October CMS server. The vulnerability is only exploitable by an authenticated backend user with the `cms.manage_assets` permission. Issue has been patched in Build 466 (v1.0.466).

Affected packages & fixed versions

Ecosystem	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
Packagist	october/cms	1.0.466	GHSA-9722-rr68-rfpg

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
octobercms	october	>= 1.0.319, < 1.0.466

Weakness: CWE-73 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N

References

https://github.com/octobercms/october/security/advisories/GHSA-9722-rr68-rfpg x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/octobercms/october/commit/6711dae8ef70caf0e94cec434498012a2ccd86b8 x_refsource_MISC
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158730/October-CMS-Build-465-XSS-File-Read-File-Deletion-CSV-Injection.html x_refsource_MISC
20200804 October CMS <= Build 465 Multiple Vulnerabilities - Arbitrary File Read mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC