Medium severity · published Sep 17, 2024
CVE-2024-46976
Backstage is an open framework for building developer portals
5.4
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Backstage is an open framework for building developer portals. An attacker with control of the contents of the TechDocs storage buckets is able to inject executable scripts in the TechDocs content that will be executed in the victim's browser when browsing documentation or navigating to an attacker provided link. This has been fixed in the 1.10.13 release of the `@backstage/plugin-techdocs-backend` package. users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
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)0.3% · higher than 21% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
BA
Backstage · Linuxfoundation
before 1.10.13 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-46976
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-46976
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/backstage/backstage/security/advisories/GHSA-5j94-f3mf-8685
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