CVE-2023-26265

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2023-02-21 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

The Borg theme before 1.1.19 for Backdrop CMS does not sufficiently sanitize path arguments that are passed in via a URL. The function borg_preprocess_page in the file template.php does not properly sanitize incoming path arguments before using them.

Affected products

Borg Project Borg: before 1.1.19 — fixed in 1.1.19

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Borg Project Borg 1.1.19. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://backdropcms.org/project/borg
https://github.com/backdrop-contrib/borg/compare/1.x-1.1.18...1.x-1.1.19
https://backdropcms.org/project/borg
https://github.com/backdrop-contrib/borg/compare/1.x-1.1.18...1.x-1.1.19

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