# CVE-2024-45962: October allows an admin account to upload PDF containing malicious JavaScript

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2024-45962-october-allows-an-admin-account-to-upload-pdf-containing  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2024-10-02  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2024-45962 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2024-10-02

October allows an admin account to upload PDF containing malicious JavaScript

Technologies: [october/october (Packagist)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/october-october). Vendors: [Packagist](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/packagist).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2024-45962 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2024-45962 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2024-45962?** Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 2 October 2024.

**Which products and versions are affected?** october/october (Packagist) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,last_affected=3.6.4.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2024-45962?** No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.

**Am I affected by CVE-2024-45962?** Check whether you run october/october (Packagist) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## Affected products

- october/october (Packagist) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,last_affected=3.6.4

## Identifiers

- CVE-2024-45962
- GHSA-hxpp-g76m-qhvg

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- [October CMS Allows Unprotected SVG Rename in Media Manager](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2024-51991-october-cms-allows-unprotected-svg-rename-in-media-manager)
- [October CMS Cross-site Scripting vulnerability](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2023-25365-october-cms-cross-site-scripting-vulnerability)
- [Stored Cross-Site Scripting October CMS](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2023-37692-stored-cross-site-scripting-october-cms)