What is CVE-2023-44381?

CVE-2023-44381 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Octobercms October, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2023-12-01.

How severe is CVE-2023-44381?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.

RCE in Octobercms October

CVE-2023-44381

October is a Content Management System (CMS) and web platform to assist with development workflow. An authenticated backend user with the `editor.cms_pages`, `editor.cms_layouts`, or `editor.cms_partials` permissions who would normally not be permitted to provide PHP code to be executed by the CMS due to `cms.safe_mode` being enabled can craft a special request to include PHP code in the CMS template. This issue has been patched in version 3.4.15.

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

EPSS: 0.005 (40.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Octobercms October — versions >= 3.0.0, < 3.4.15

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-94 — Code Injection

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-44381?: CVE-2023-44381 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Octobercms October, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2023-12-01.
How severe is CVE-2023-44381?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.