Security Advisories

Backdrop CMS 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.

This vulnerability is mitigated by the fact that an attacker must have a role with the permission "Administer content types".

Backdrop CMS doesn't sufficiently filter output when displaying certain block descriptions created by administrators. An attacker could potentially craft a specialized description, then have an administrator execute scripting when configuring a layout.

This issue is mitigated by the fact that the attacker would be required to have the permission to create custom blocks, which is typically an administrative task.

The module doesn't sufficiently protect against an attacker changing the submission identifier of a draft webform, thereby overwriting another user's submission. Confidential information is not disclosed, but information can be overwritten, and therefore lost or forged.

This vulnerability is mitigated by the fact that an attacker must have a role with permission to submit a webform, and the webform must have the advanced form setting of either Show "Save draft" button and/or Automatically save as draft between pages and when there are validation errors (neither of these two options are enabled by default). Anonymous users cannot submit drafts, and therefore cannot exploit this vulnerability.

This module enables you to collect nodes in an arbitrarily ordered list.

Nodequeue's JavaScript can be leveraged to insert HTML from attacker-controlled JSON data. This is exploitable if user-submitted "Filtered HTML" content is displayed on a page where nodequeue.js is loaded.

This vulnerability is mitigated by the fact that an attacker must have a role with the permission "manipulate queues".

The Ubercart module provides a shopping cart and e-commerce features for Backdrop CMS.

The order submodule doesn't sufficiently sanitize user input when displayed on an invoice, leading to a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability.

This vulnerability is mitigated by the fact that an attacker must have a role with the permission "edit orders".

Backdrop CMS allows the upload of entire-site configuration archives through the user interface or command-line. Backdrop CMS does not sufficiently check uploaded archives for invalid data, allowing non-configuration scripts to potentially be uploaded to the server.

This attack is mitigated by the attacker needing the "Synchronize, import, and export configuration" permission, a permission that only trusted administrators should be given. Other preventative measures in Backdrop CMS prevent the execution of PHP scripts, so another server-side scripting language must be accessible on the server to execute code.

Backdrop CMS doesn't sufficiently filter output when displaying certain block labels created by administrators. An attacker could potentially craft a specialized label, then have an administrator execute scripting when administering a layout.

This issue is mitigated by the attacker requiring permission to create custom blocks on the site, which is typically an administrative permission.

Some menu links within the administration bar may be crafted to execute JavaScript when the administrator is logged in and uses the search functionality.

This issue is mitigated by the attacker needing permissions to create administrative menu links, such as by creating a content type or layout. Such permissions are usually restricted to trusted or administrative users.

This module allows you to attach tabular data to any fieldable entity like a node, user, or term.

Access bypass

There's no access check for users with the "Export Tablefield Data as CSV" permission. They are able to export data from unpublished nodes or otherwise inaccessible entities.

This vulnerability is mitigated by the fact that an attacker must have a role with the permission 'Export Tablefield Data as CSV'.

The jQuery project released version 3.4.0, and as part of that, disclosed a security vulnerability that affects all prior versions. As described in their release notes:

jQuery 3.4.0 includes a fix for some unintended behavior when using jQuery.extend(true, {}, ...). If an unsanitized source object contained an enumerable __proto__ property, it could extend the native Object.prototype. This fix is included in jQuery 3.4.0, but patch diffs exist to patch previous jQuery versions.

It's possible that this vulnerability is exploitable with some Backdrop modules. As a precaution, this Backdrop security release backports the fix to jQuery.extend(), without making any other changes to the jQuery version 1.12.4 that is included in Backdrop core.