Date: 
Wednesday, Nov 20th, 2024
Advisory ID: 
BACKDROP-SA-CORE-2024-003
Security risk: 
Moderately Critical
Vulnerability: 
Multiple vulnerabilities
Versions affected: 
  • Backdrop Core 1.29.x versions prior to 1.29.2
  • Backdrop Core 1.28.x versions prior to 1.28.4

Backdrop versions 1.27 and prior do not receive security coverage.

Description: 

Backdrop core contains a potential PHP Object Injection vulnerability that, if combined with another exploit, could lead to Remote Code Execution.

This issue is mitigated by the fact that in order to be exploitable, a separate vulnerability must be present that allows an attacker to pass unsafe input to unserialize(). There are no such known exploits in Backdrop core.

As part of the protection against this potential vulnerability, additional checks have been added to some of Backdrop core's database related code.

Solution: 

Upgrade your site to the most recent version of Backdrop core. Download available on the Backdrop CMS 1.29.2 release page. See the update instructions, if needed.

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