What is CVE-2019-14769?

CVE-2019-14769 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Backdropcms Backdrop, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-08-08.

How severe is CVE-2019-14769?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Backdropcms Backdrop

CVE-2019-14769

Backdrop CMS 1.12.x before 1.12.8 and 1.13.x before 1.13.3 doesn't sufficiently filter output when displaying certain block labels created by administrators. An attacker could potentially craft a specialized label, then have an administrat…

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.008 (54.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Backdropcms Backdrop
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-14769?: CVE-2019-14769 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Backdropcms Backdrop, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2019-08-08.
How severe is CVE-2019-14769?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.