Medium

October CMS XSS In Caption Tag of Profile

  • Disclosed: 17.05.2022
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in October CMS build 271 and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the caption tag of a profile image.

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Composer package october/october < 1.0.319 1.0.319

References

CVSS score -
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-79
Platform
Composer
Package
october/october
Disclosed
17.05.2022
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-9hq8-v2jc-qj4r - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: october/october

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Composer package), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

All (13) in the archive
Total entries
13
First → latest
06.2020 09.2026
Without a fix
3
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • Critical 1
  • High 4
  • Medium 5
  • Low 3

Disclosures per year

  1. 2020: 1
  2. 2021: 1
  3. 2022: 5
  4. 2023: 1
  5. 2024: 2
  6. 2025: 1
  7. 2026: 2
Severity:
  1. High · 7.8 CVE-2023-25365 <= 3.2.0 no fix
  2. October CMS XSS In Caption Tag of Profile this entry
    Medium CVE-2015-5612 < 1.0.319 1.0.319
  3. High · 8.8 CVE-2017-16244 < 1.0.427 1.0.427
  4. High · 8.1 CVE-2018-1999009 < 1.0.437 1.0.437
  5. Critical · 9.8 CVE-2017-1000194 < 1.0.413 1.0.413
  6. High · 7.2 CVE-2021-41126 >= 2.1.0, < 2.1.12 2.1.12

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