CVE-2021-43776

Backstage is an open platform for building developer portals. In affected versions the auth-backend plugin allows a malicious actor to trick another user into visiting a vulnerable URL that executes an XSS attack. This attack can potentially allow the attacker to exfiltrate access tokens or other secrets from the user's browser. The default CSP does prevent this attack, but it is expected that some deployments have these policies disabled due to incompatibilities. This is vulnerability is patched in version `0.4.9` of `@backstage/plugin-auth-backend`.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:auth_backend:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

History

30 Nov 2021, 19:11

Type Values Removed Values Added
References (MISC) https://github.com/backstage/backstage/tree/master/plugins/auth-backend - (MISC) https://github.com/backstage/backstage/tree/master/plugins/auth-backend - Product, Third Party Advisory
References (CONFIRM) https://github.com/backstage/backstage/security/advisories/GHSA-w7fj-336r-vw49 - (CONFIRM) https://github.com/backstage/backstage/security/advisories/GHSA-w7fj-336r-vw49 - Third Party Advisory
CPE cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:auth_backend:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : 7.4
v2 : 4.3
v3 : 6.1

26 Nov 2021, 20:57

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2021-11-26 19:15

Updated : 2023-12-10 14:09


NVD link : CVE-2021-43776

Mitre link : CVE-2021-43776

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-43776


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Products Affected

linuxfoundation

  • auth_backend
CWE
CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')