XSS in Octobercms October

CVE-2024-25637

October is a self-hosted CMS platform based on the Laravel PHP Framework. The X-October-Request-Handler Header does not sanitize the AJAX handler name and allows unescaped HTML to be reflected back. There is no impact since this vulnerability cannot be exploited through normal browser interactions. This unescaped value is only detectable when using a proxy interception tool. This issue has been patched in version 3.5.15.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.003 (18.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

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

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-25637?
CVE-2024-25637 is a low-severity vulnerability in Octobercms October, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 3.1/10. Published 2024-06-26.
How severe is CVE-2024-25637?
Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-25637 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.