CVE-2022-21705 is a critical vulnerability affecting October CMS, a self-hosted content management system. It allows an authenticated administrator with specific permissions to bypass security measures (cms.safe_mode) and execute arbitrary code due to improper input sanitization. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.2 (High), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring high privileges, and leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or Metasploit modules, Nuclei templates exist for detection, and the vulnerability has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.0.474CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:octobercms:october:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 1.1.0, < 1.1.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:octobercms:october:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 2.0.0, < 2.1.27CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:octobercms:october:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.3 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.