Vulnerability · Published Feb 3, 2022 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2021-45268
High 8.8
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.8% (higher than 79% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.8%top 21.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability exists in Backdrop CMS 1.20, which allows Remote Attackers to gain Remote Code Execution (RCE) on the Hosting Webserver via uploading a maliciously add-on with crafted PHP file. NOTE: the vendor disputes this because the attack requires a session cookie of a high-privileged authenticated user who is entitled to install arbitrary add-ons
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50323 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/V1n1v131r4/CSRF-to-RCE-on-Backdrop-CMS x_refsource_MISC