October CMS up to 3.7.12/4.1.4 collect protection mechanism

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in October CMS up to 3.7.12/4.1.4. This issue affects the function collect. This manipulation causes protection mechanism. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-22692. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in October CMS up to 3.7.12/4.1.4. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function collect. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a protection mechanism vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-693. The product does not use or incorrectly uses a protection mechanism that provides sufficient defense against directed attacks against the product. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

October is a Content Management System (CMS) and web platform. Versions prior to 3.7.13 and versions 4.0.0 through 4.1.4 contain a sandbox bypass vulnerability in the optional Twig safe mode feature (CMS_SAFE_MODE). Certain methods on the collect() helper were not properly restricted, allowing authenticated users with template editing permissions to bypass sandbox protections. Exploitation requires authenticated backend access with CMS template editing permissions and only affects installations with CMS_SAFE_MODE enabled (disabled by default). This issue has been fixed in versions 3.7.13 and 4.1.5. To workaround this issue, users can disable CMS_SAFE_MODE if untrusted template editing is not required, and restrict CMS template editing permissions to fully trusted administrators only.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-22692 since 01/08/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are needed for exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit.

Upgrading to version 3.7.13 or 4.1.5 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Type

• Content Management System

Vendor

• October

Name

• CMS

Version

• 3.7.0
• 3.7.1
• 3.7.2
• 3.7.3
• 3.7.4
• 3.7.5
• 3.7.6
• 3.7.7
• 3.7.8
• 3.7.9
• 3.7.10
• 3.7.11
• 3.7.12
• 4.1.0
• 4.1.1
• 4.1.2
• 4.1.3
• 4.1.4

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• commercial

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