CVE-2017-16244
October CMS CSRF
8.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 2.0%
Description
Cross-Site Request Forgery exists in OctoberCMS 1.0.426 (aka Build 426) due to improper validation of CSRF tokens for postback handling, allowing an attacker to successfully take over the victim's account. The attack bypasses a protection mechanism involving X-CSRF headers and CSRF tokens via a certain _handler postback variable.
How to fix CVE-2017-16244
To remediate CVE-2017-16244, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 1.0.427 or later
Is CVE-2017-16244 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 2.0%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 1.0.427
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |