Medium severity · published Feb 15, 2022
CVE-2022-24590
A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Add Link function of BackdropCMS v1.21.1 allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML
5.4
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Add Link function of BackdropCMS v1.21.1 allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 50% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
BA
Backdrop · Backdropcms
1.21.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-24590
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-24590
Exploit
https://github.com/Nguyen-Trung-Kien/CVE
Exploit
https://github.com/Nguyen-Trung-Kien/CVE/blob/main/CVE-2022-24590/CVE-2022-24590.pdf
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