GHSA-94vp-rmqv-5875 is a medium-severity (CVSS 5.2) CWE-862 vulnerability in october/cms. O3 Security confirms whether GHSA-94vp-rmqv-5875 is actually reachable in your code before you act, and blocks exploitation at runtime until you patch.
Twig Sandbox Escape by authenticated users with access to editing CMS templates when safemode is enabled.
Real-World Exposure
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Description
Impact
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.
Patches
Issue has been patched in Build 469 (v1.0.469) and v1.1.0.
Workarounds
Apply https://github.com/octobercms/october/compare/106daa2930de4cebb18732732d47d4056f01dd5b...7cb148c1677373ac30ccfd3069d18098e403e1ca to your installation manually if unable to upgrade to Build 469.
References
Reported by ka1n4t
For more information
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Threat assessment:
<img width="1108" alt="Screen Shot 2020-10-10 at 1 21 13 PM" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/7253840/95663316-7de28b80-0afb-11eb-999d-a6526cf78709.png">Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐘Packagist | october/cms | ≥ 1.0.319&&< 1.0.469 | 1.0.469 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for october/cms. O3's reachability analysis confirms whether the vulnerable code path is actually invoked in your application, so you act on real exposure instead of every transitive match.
Fix
Update october/cms to 1.0.469 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-94vp-rmqv-5875 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 pinpoints whether GHSA-94vp-rmqv-5875 is reachable in your code and exactly where to fix it, then blocks exploitation in production at runtime until the patched version is deployed.
Tailored to GHSA-94vp-rmqv-5875. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is GHSA-94vp-rmqv-5875 in your dependencies?
O3 detects GHSA-94vp-rmqv-5875 across Packagist dependencies and uses function-level reachability to confirm whether the vulnerable code path is actually reachable — not just present. No false positives.