What is CVE-2019-19900?

CVE-2019-19900 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Backdropcms Backdrop Cms, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2019-12-19.

How severe is CVE-2019-19900?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.

XSS in Backdropcms Backdrop Cms

CVE-2019-19900

An issue was discovered in Backdrop CMS 1.13.x before 1.13.5 and 1.14.x before 1.14.2. It doesn't sufficiently filter output when displaying content type names in the content creation interface. An attacker could potentially craft a specialized content type name, then have an editor execute scripting when creating content, aka XSS. This vulnerability is mitigated by the fact that an attacker must have a role with the "Administer content types" permission.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.006 (44.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Backdropcms Backdrop_cms
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-2019-19900?: CVE-2019-19900 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Backdropcms Backdrop Cms, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2019-12-19.
How severe is CVE-2019-19900?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.