CVE-2023-31045 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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."

Published: 2023-04-24

Score: 4.8 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:backdropcms:backdrop_cms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Github GHSA	GHSA-3862-c622-v4fp	Cross-site Scripting in Backdrop CMS

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00123.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/backdrop/backdrop-issues/issues/6065
https://github.com/backdrop/backdrop/releases/tag/1.24.2

History

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 14:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Backdropcms backdrop Cms
CPEs	cpe:2.3:a:backdropcms:backdrop::::::::	cpe:2.3:a:backdropcms:backdrop_cms::::::::
Vendors & Products	Backdropcms backdrop	Backdropcms backdrop Cms

Subscriptions

Backdropcms Backdrop Cms

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-04-24T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-02T14:45:25.556Z

Reserved: 2023-04-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2023-31045

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T14:45:25.556Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2023-04-24T08:15:07.257

Modified: 2026-04-06T13:45:57.907

Link: CVE-2023-31045

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79

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