Vulnerability · Published May 3, 2021 · Assigned by GitHub_M
CVE-2021-21264Bypass of fix for CVE-2020-26231, Twig sandbox escape
Medium 5.2
In plain English
A medium-severity missing authorization 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 0.3% (higher than 18% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
October is a free, open-source, self-hosted CMS platform based on the Laravel PHP Framework. A bypass of CVE-2020-26231 (fixed in 1.0.470/471 and 1.1.1) was discovered that has the same impact as CVE-2020-26231 & CVE-2020-15247. An authenticated backend user with the `cms.manage_pages`, `cms.manage_layouts`, or `cms.manage_partials` permissions who would **normally** not be permitted to provide PHP code to be executed by the CMS due to `cms.enableSafeMode` being enabled is able to write specific Twig code to escape the Twig sandbox and execute arbitrary PHP. This is not a problem for anyone that trusts their users with those permissions to normally write & manage PHP within the CMS by not having `cms.enableSafeMode` enabled, but would be a problem for anyone relying on `cms.enableSafeMode` to ensure that users with those permissions in production do not have access to write & execute arbitrary PHP. Issue has been patched in Build 472 (v1.0.472) and v1.1.2. As a workaround, apply https://github.com/octobercms/october/commit/f63519ff1e8d375df30deba63156a2fc97aa9ee7 to your installation manually if unable to upgrade to Build 472 or v1.1.2.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Packagist | october/cms | 1.0.472 | GHSA-fcr8-6q7r-m4wg |
| Packagist | october/cms | 1.1.2 | GHSA-fcr8-6q7r-m4wg |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| octobercms | october | 1.0.4711.1.1 |
Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
References
- https://github.com/octobercms/october/security/advisories/GHSA-fcr8-6q7r-m4wg x_refsource_CONFIRM