CVE-2024-46976
Circumvention of cross site scripting Protection in @backstage/plugin-techdocs-backend
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Circumvention of cross site scripting Protection in @backstage/plugin-techdocs-backend
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.
- Record
CVE-2024-46976- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-693
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-2722
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.
- Record
EUVD-2024-2722- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-5j94-f3mf-8685
@backstage/plugin-techdocs-backend vulnerable to circumvention of cross site scripting protection
Impact
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.
Patches
This has been fixed in the 1.10.13 release of the @backstage/plugin-techdocs-backend package.
References
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:
Open an issue in the Backstage repository Visit our Discord, linked to in Backstage README
- Record
GHSA-5j94-f3mf-8685- CVSS 4.0
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N - CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-79, CWE-693
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
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.
- Record
CVE-2024-46976- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-693, CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-5j94-f3mf-8685
@backstage/plugin-techdocs-backend vulnerable to circumvention of cross site scripting protection
Impact
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.
Patches
This has been fixed in the 1.10.13 release of the @backstage/plugin-techdocs-backend package.
References
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:
Open an issue in the Backstage repository Visit our Discord, linked to in Backstage README
- Record
GHSA-5j94-f3mf-8685- CVSS 4.0
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N - CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-693, CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
@backstage/plugin-techdocs-backendnpm |
before 1.10.13 | 1.10.13 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-46976 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Backstage, published September 17, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.29%, the 21st percentile. Fixed in @backstage/plugin-techdocs-backend 1.10.13.