What is CVE-2019-19901?

CVE-2019-19901 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-2019-19901?

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

XSS in Backdropcms Backdrop_cms

CVE-2019-19901

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 certain block descriptions created by administrators. An attacker could potentially craft a specia…

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.006 (42.9th 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-2019-19901?: CVE-2019-19901 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-2019-19901?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.