October
CVE-2023-43876
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Output encoding, context-aware escaping
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Execution The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 5.4 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, low privileges required, user interaction required. Public proof-of-concept exploit code is available. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users by sending crafted requests to the affected application. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
A Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in installation of October v.3.4.16 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary web scripts via a crafted payload injected into the dbhost field. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Sanitize all user input, use Content-Security-Policy headers, encode output contextually (HTML, JS, URL). Use frameworks with built-in XSS protection.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79), which allows attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users. A Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in installation of October v.3.4.16 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary web scripts via a crafted payload injected into the dbhost field. Affected products include: Octobercms October.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
A Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in installation of October v.3.4.16 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary web scripts via a crafted payload injected into the dbhost field.
Threat Intelligence Overview
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Attack Technique
Cross-Site Scripting occurs when an application accepts untrusted data and sends it to a web browser without proper validation or encoding.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
October CMS build 412 is vulnerable to PHP code execution in the file upload functionality resulting in site compromise
An issue was discovered in October through build 471. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely
octobercms in a CMS platform based on the Laravel PHP Framework. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.1), this vulnerability
Cross-Site Request Forgery exists in OctoberCMS 1.0.426 (aka Build 426) due to improper validation of CSRF tokens for po
Octobercms is a self-hosted CMS platform based on the Laravel PHP Framework. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.2), this vulner
October CMS through 1.0.431 allows XSS by entering HTML on the Add Posts page. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vu
October CMS build 412 is vulnerable to PHP code execution in the asset manager functionality resulting in site compromis
October CMS build 412 is vulnerable to file path modification in asset move functionality resulting in creating creating
October CMS build 412 is vulnerable to Apache configuration modification via file upload functionality resulting in site
Cross-Site Scripting exists in OctoberCMS 1.0.425 (aka Build 425), allowing a least privileged user to upload an SVG fil
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in October CMS build 271 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrar
An arbitrary file upload vulnerability in October CMS v3.4.4 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted fi
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