CVE-2020-15128: October/rain Reliance On Cookies Without Validation Vulnerability

MODERATE
Advisory Identifier: GHSA-55mm-5399-7r63
CVSS 6.1
CWE-327 CWE-565
Published
Advisory Summary

CVE-2020-15128 is a MODERATE (CVSS 6.1) reliance on cookies without validation vulnerability (CWE-327: Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm) affecting October/rain libraries in the Packagist ecosystem. The issue involves reliance on cookies without validation in octobercms. Remediation is available by upgrading affected packages to version 1.0.468.

CVE-2020-15128 at a Glance

CVE Identifier CVE-2020-15128
GHSA Identifier GHSA-55mm-5399-7r63
Severity MODERATE
CVSS v3.1 Base Score 6.1
CWE Classification CWE-327: Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm
Affected Product October/rain
Package Ecosystem Packagist
Published Date
Last Updated

Security Impact

CVSS: 6.1

The security impact metrics below are parsed directly from the CVSS v3.1 vector string (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N).

Attack Vector Network (AV:N)
Attack Complexity High (AC:H)
Privileges Required None (PR:N)
User Interaction Required (UI:R)
Scope Changed (S:C)
Confidentiality None (C:N)
Integrity High (I:H)
Availability None (A:N)

How to Fix CVE-2020-15128

To remediate this vulnerability, upgrade all affected October/rain dependencies to a patched release. Both direct and transitive dependencies should be checked, as frameworks or security libraries may pull in vulnerable versions transitively.

october/rain fixed: 1.0.468
Upgrade october/rain to 1.0.468
Verify Direct and Transitive Dependencies

Run the following command in your project directory to verify that all resolved dependencies use the patched release:

inspect dependencies for october/rain

How to Check if You Are Affected

To determine whether your application is affected by CVE-2020-15128, inspect your project dependencies for October/rain:

inspect dependencies for october/rain

Analyze the terminal output to locate any version of October/rain in your dependency tree. If any resolved version matches the vulnerable ranges listed in the table below (for example, versions earlier than 1.0.468), your application is affected.

Note: Verify declared build manifests and deployed runtime container environments.

Technical Details

Vulnerability Mechanism & Technical Analysis

This vulnerability is classified under CWE-327: Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm, where the product uses a broken or risky cryptographic algorithm or protocol. In October/rain, software state validation or input boundaries are circumvented during processing. Review the official source advisory statement below for specific affected components, classes, and reproduction details.

Source Advisory Statement

### Impact Previously encrypted cookie values were not tied to the name of the cookie the value belonged to. This meant that certain classes of attacks that took advantage of other theoretical vulnerabilities in user facing code (nothing exploitable in the core project itself) had a higher chance of succeeding. Specifically, if your usage exposed a way for users to provide unfiltered user input and have it returned to them as an encrypted cookie (ex. storing a user provided search query in a cookie) they could then use the generated cookie in place of other more tightly controlled cookies; or if your usage exposed the plaintext version of an encrypted cookie at any point to the user they could theoretically provide encrypted content from your application back to it as an encrypted cookie and force the framework to decrypt it for them. ### Patches Issue has been patched in Build 468 (v1.0.468). >**NOTE**: If you are using the cookie session driver, all of your session data will be invalidated. All other session drivers should smoothly upgrade to the changes (although the backend authentication persist cookie will also be invalidated requiring users to login again once their current session expires). ### Workarounds Apply https://github.com/octobercms/library/commit/28310d4fb336a1741b39498f4474497644a6875c to your installation manually if unable to upgrade to Build 468. ### References - https://blog.laravel.com/laravel-cookie-security-releases - https://github.com/laravel/framework/compare/4c7d118181d6c7f1f883643702df807ced016c5e...a731824421f9ebc586728ea9c7cff231a249aaa9 ### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Email us at [hello@octobercms.com](mailto:hello@octobercms.com) ### Threat Assessment Assessed as Low given that it is not directly exploitable within the core but requires other security vulnerabilities within the application to have an effect and the severity of its effect depends entirely on the severity of those other holes in the application's defences. ### Acknowledgements Thanks to [Takashi Terada of Mitsui Bussan Secure Directions, Inc.](https://www.linkedin.com/in/takeshi-terada-b570a6100/) for finding the original issue in Laravel and @taylorotwell for sharing the report with the October CMS team.

CVE-2020-15128 Affected October/rain Versions

1 component(s)
Fixed Versions:
1.0.468
Product / Package Ecosystem Affected Versions Fixed Version
october/rain
Packagist
≥ 1.0.319
< 1.0.468
1.0.468

References

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2020-15128?
CVE-2020-15128 is a security vulnerability in October/rain involving Reliance on Cookies without validation in OctoberCMS under CWE-327: Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm.
Which October/rain versions are affected?
Affected versions include releases prior to 1.0.468 across affected packages: october/rain.
What version fixes CVE-2020-15128?
Upgrading to 1.0.468 (or the latest patched release for your respective branch) resolves the vulnerability.
Is october/rain affected?
Yes, october/rain is affected in releases prior to 1.0.468. Upgrade your dependency to 1.0.468 or later.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2020-15128?
CVE-2020-15128 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.1 (MODERATE) with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N.
What CWE is associated with CVE-2020-15128?
CVE-2020-15128 is classified under CWE-327: Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm (The product uses a broken or risky cryptographic algorithm or protocol.).
How can I check Packagist dependencies for CVE-2020-15128?
Run the dependency tree command: 'inspect dependencies for october/rain'. This command lists direct and transitive dependencies in your build configuration so you can verify if a vulnerable version is resolved.
Machine-readable OSV JSON OSV v1.5 Schema
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