GHSA-xwjr-6fj7-fc6h is a high-severity (CVSS 7.5) CWE-863 vulnerability in october/cms. A fix is available for october/cms — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Local File Inclusion by unauthenticated users
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
GHSA-xwjr-6fj7-fc6h by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). Outside the shaded patch-first corner.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 379,842 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Counts from FIRST.org, log-scaled.
Real-World Exposure
october/cmsReal-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Packagist packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.
Description
Impact
An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to read local files on an October CMS server. The vulnerability is exploitable by unauthenticated users via a specially crafted request.
Patches
Issue has been patched in Build 469 (v1.0.469) and v1.1.0.
Workarounds
Apply https://github.com/octobercms/library/commit/80aab47f044a2660aa352450f55137598f362aa4 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="1105" alt="Screen Shot 2020-10-10 at 1 05 19 PM" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/7253840/95663086-4ffc4780-0af9-11eb-9bb6-fd40cf11c033.png">Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐘Packagist | october/cms | ≥ 1.0.421&&< 1.0.469 | 1.0.469composer require october/cms:^1.0.469 |
Affected Products
octoberoctobercmsDetection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for october/cms, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
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-xwjr-6fj7-fc6h is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
Resolve every user-supplied path to its canonical form and reject anything that escapes the intended directory, and run the component under an account that has no read or write access outside the directory it legitimately serves.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is GHSA-xwjr-6fj7-fc6h in your dependencies?
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