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CVE-2024-41709

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2024-41709 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting Backdrop CMS versions before 1.27.3 and 1.28.x before 1.28.2, where insufficient sanitization of field labels can lead to a cross-site scripting (XSS) issue. An attacker with "administer fields" permissions could inject malicious scripts, potentially impacting confidentiality and integrity. The attack requires high privileges and user interaction, resulting in a CVSS score of 4.8. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 1.27.0, < 1.27.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:backdropcms:backdrop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 1.28.0, < 1.28.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:backdropcms:backdrop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

4.8MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.7
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.32%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
23.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0032 is in the 27th percentile among its peer group of 4,931 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: backdrop/backdropFixed in: 1.27.3
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: backdrop/backdropFixed in: 1.28.2

Vendor Advisories (1)

composerGHSA-3wmx-48g3-x66gmedium

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

Jul 22, 2024

References

backdropcms.org / security/backdrop-sa-core-2024-001
Vendor Advisory