cve-2023-25571
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-02-14 17:00
Modified
2025-03-10 21:12
Severity ?
6.8 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Summary
Backstage has XSS Vulnerability in Software Catalog
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/backstage/backstage/commit/3d1371954512f7fa8bd0e2d357e00eada2c3e8a8Patch
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/backstage/backstage/security/advisories/GHSA-7hv8-3fr9-j2hvVendor Advisory
Impacted products
backstagebackstage
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