CVE-2023-31045

low-risk
Published 2023-04-24

A stored Cross-site scripting (XSS) issue in Text Editors and Formats in Backdrop CMS before 1.24.2 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the name parameter. When a user is editing any content type (e.g., page, post, or card) as an admin, the stored XSS payload is executed upon selecting a malicious text formatting option. NOTE: the vendor disputes the security relevance of this finding because "any administrator that can configure a text format could easily allow Full HTML anywhere."

Do I need to act?

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0.12% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
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4
CVSS 4.8/10 Medium
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

25
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low-risk
Severity 19/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal