Описание
October CMS vulnerable to Potential Host Header Poisoning on misconfigured servers
Impact
When running on servers that are configured to accept a wildcard as a hostname (i.e. the server routes any request, regardless of the HOST header to an October CMS instance) the potential exists for Host Header Poisoning attacks to succeed. See the following resources for more information on Host Header Poisoning:
- https://portswigger.net/web-security/host-header
- https://dzone.com/articles/what-is-a-host-header-attack
Patches
A feature has been added in v1.1.2 to allow a set of trusted hosts to be specified in the application.
Workarounds
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Apply https://github.com/octobercms/library/commit/f86fcbcd066d6f8b939e8fe897409d152b11c3c6 & https://github.com/octobercms/october/commit/f638d3f78cfe91d7f6658820f9d5e424306a3db0 to your installation manually if unable to upgrade to v1.1.2.
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Check that the configuration setting
cms.linkPolicyis set toforce.
Alternative Workaround
Check to make sure that your web server does not accept any hostname when serving your web application.
- Add an entry called
testing.tldto your computer's host file and direct it to your server's IP address - Open the address
testing.tldin your web browser - Make sure an October CMS website is not available at this address
If an October CMS website is returned, configure your webserver to only allow known hostnames. If you require assistance with this, please contact your server administrator.
References
Reported by Abdullah Hussam
For More Information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:
- Email us at hello@octobercms.com
Threat Assessment

Ссылки
- https://github.com/octobercms/october/security/advisories/GHSA-xhfx-hgmf-v6vp
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-21265
- https://github.com/octobercms/library/commit/f29865ae3db7a03be7c49294cd93980ec457f10d
- https://github.com/octobercms/library/commit/f86fcbcd066d6f8b939e8fe897409d152b11c3c6
- https://github.com/octobercms/october/commit/555ab61f2313f45d7d5d138656420ead536c5d30
- https://github.com/octobercms/october/commit/f638d3f78cfe91d7f6658820f9d5e424306a3db0
- https://packagist.org/packages/october/backend
Пакеты
october/backend
< 1.1.2
1.1.2
Связанные уязвимости
October is a free, open-source, self-hosted CMS platform based on the Laravel PHP Framework. In October before version 1.1.2, when running on poorly configured servers (i.e. the server routes any request, regardless of the HOST header to an October CMS instance) the potential exists for Host Header Poisoning attacks to succeed. This has been addressed in version 1.1.2 by adding a feature to allow a set of trusted hosts to be specified in the application. As a workaround one may set the configuration setting cms.linkPolicy to force.