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CVE-2021-45268

HIGH CVSS: 8.8 Published: 2022-02-03 Modified: 2026-06-17

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 Platforms

Backdropcms Backdrop

Weakness Type

CWE-352

References