Improper Authorization in October CMS - CVE-2020-15128
Published: July 31, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU32948
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-15128
CWE-ID: CWE-285
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to the application does not tie encrypted cookie value to cookie name. If the attacker is able to obtain encrypted cookies, it is possible to decrypt that information by supplying the encrypted cookie to the application and letting the application to decrypt it.
Affected software
October CMS
How to mitigate CVE-2020-15128
Install updates from vendor's website.
October CMS - update to 1.0.468