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CVE-2024-41709

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-07-22 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Backdrop CMS before 1.27.3 and 1.28.x before 1.28.2 does not sufficiently sanitize field labels before they are displayed in certain places. This vulnerability is mitigated by the fact that an attacker must have a role with the "administer fields" permission.

Affected products

• backdropcms Backdrop: from 1.27.0 before 1.27.3; from 1.28.0 before 1.28.2 — fixed in 1.27.3, 1.28.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: backdropcms Backdrop 1.27.3, 1.28.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://backdropcms.org/security/backdrop-sa-core-2024-001
• https://backdropcms.org/security/backdrop-sa-core-2024-001

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