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Security Advisories: MDE2OlNlY3VyaXR5QWR2aXNvcnlHSFNBLXhoZngtaGdtZi12NnZw

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:

Patches

A feature has been added in v1.1.2 to allow a set of trusted hosts to be specified in the application.

Workarounds

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.
Check that the configuration setting cms.linkPolicy is set to force.

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.tld to your computer's host file and direct it to your server's IP address
Open the address testing.tld in 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

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Threat Assessment

Permalink: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xhfx-hgmf-v6vp
JSON: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories/MDE2OlNlY3VyaXR5QWR2aXNvcnlHSFNBLXhoZngtaGdtZi12NnZw
Source: GitHub Advisory Database
Origin: Unspecified
Severity: Low
Classification: General
Published: about 3 years ago
Updated: about 1 year ago

Identifiers: GHSA-xhfx-hgmf-v6vp, CVE-2021-21265
References:

Repository: https://github.com/octobercms/october
Blast Radius: 0.0

Affected Packages

packagist:october/backend

Dependent packages: 12
Dependent repositories: 317
Downloads: 996,055 total
Affected Version Ranges: < 1.1.2
Fixed in: 1.1.2
All affected versions: 1.0.319, 1.0.320, 1.0.321, 1.0.322, 1.0.323, 1.0.324, 1.0.325, 1.0.326, 1.0.327, 1.0.328, 1.0.329, 1.0.330, 1.0.331, 1.0.332, 1.0.333, 1.0.334, 1.0.335, 1.0.336, 1.0.337, 1.0.338, 1.0.339, 1.0.340, 1.0.341, 1.0.342, 1.0.343, 1.0.344, 1.0.345, 1.0.346, 1.0.347, 1.0.348, 1.0.349, 1.0.350, 1.0.351, 1.0.352, 1.0.353, 1.0.354, 1.0.355, 1.0.356, 1.0.357, 1.0.358, 1.0.359, 1.0.360, 1.0.361, 1.0.362, 1.0.363, 1.0.364, 1.0.365, 1.0.366, 1.0.367, 1.0.368, 1.0.369, 1.0.370, 1.0.371, 1.0.372, 1.0.373, 1.0.374, 1.0.375, 1.0.376, 1.0.377, 1.0.378, 1.0.379, 1.0.380, 1.0.381, 1.0.382, 1.0.383, 1.0.384, 1.0.385, 1.0.386, 1.0.387, 1.0.388, 1.0.389, 1.0.390, 1.0.391, 1.0.392, 1.0.393, 1.0.394, 1.0.395, 1.0.396, 1.0.397, 1.0.398, 1.0.399, 1.0.400, 1.0.401, 1.0.402, 1.0.403, 1.0.404, 1.0.405, 1.0.406, 1.0.407, 1.0.408, 1.0.409, 1.0.410, 1.0.411, 1.0.412, 1.0.413, 1.0.414, 1.0.415, 1.0.416, 1.0.417, 1.0.418, 1.0.419, 1.0.420, 1.0.421, 1.0.422, 1.0.423, 1.0.424, 1.0.425, 1.0.426, 1.0.427, 1.0.428, 1.0.429, 1.0.430, 1.0.431, 1.0.432, 1.0.433, 1.0.434, 1.0.435, 1.0.436, 1.0.437, 1.0.438, 1.0.439, 1.0.440, 1.0.441, 1.0.442, 1.0.443, 1.0.444, 1.0.445, 1.0.446, 1.0.447, 1.0.448, 1.0.449, 1.0.450, 1.0.451, 1.0.452, 1.0.453, 1.0.454, 1.0.455, 1.0.456, 1.0.457, 1.0.458, 1.0.459, 1.0.460, 1.0.461, 1.0.462, 1.0.463, 1.0.464, 1.0.465, 1.0.466, 1.0.467, 1.0.468, 1.0.469, 1.0.470, 1.0.471, 1.0.472, 1.0.473, 1.0.474, 1.0.475, 1.0.476, 1.1.0, 1.1.1
All unaffected versions: 1.1.2, 1.1.3, 1.1.4, 1.1.5, 1.1.6, 1.1.9, 1.1.10, 1.1.11, 1.1.12