CVE-2024-41709

Backdrop CMS does not sufficiently sanitize field labels before they are displayed in certain places

4.8 MediumFix available

CVE-2024-41709 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.8) in Backdropcms Backdrop, published July 22, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.32%, the 24th percentile. Fixed in backdrop/backdrop 1.27.3.

Backdrop CMS before 1.27.3 and 1.28.x before 1.28.2 does not sufficiently sanitize field labels before they are displayed in certain places. This vulnerability is mitigated by the fact that an attacker must have a role with the "administer fields" permission.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: High
User interaction: Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: Low
Integrity: Low
Availability: None

Exploit likelihood

0.32%Up 0.3 points since Jul 22, 2024

What each source reports

NVD Score used 4.8

Record: CVE-2024-41709
CVSS 3.1: 4.8 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS 3.1: 6.1 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-79
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List 6.1

Record: CVE-2024-41709
CVSS 3.1: 6.1 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-79
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2024-2241 6.1

Record: EUVD-2024-2241
CVSS 3.1: 6.1 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-3wmx-48g3-x66g 4.6

Backdrop CMS does not sufficiently sanitize field labels before they are displayed in certain places

Record: GHSA-3wmx-48g3-x66g
CVSS 4.0: 4.6 MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
CVSS 3.1: 4.8 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-79
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSV 6.1

Record: CVE-2024-41709
CVSS 3.1: 6.1 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVGHSA-3wmx-48g3-x66g 4.6