Bug 2312954 (CVE-2024-46976)

Summary: CVE-2024-46976 plugin-techdocs-backend: circumvention of XSS protection in TechDocs
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: cdaley, jchui, ktsao, nboldt, rtaniwa, tkral
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A flaw was found in the backstage/plugin-techdocs-backend package. An attacker with control of the contents of the TechDocs storage buckets may be able to inject executable scripts in the TechDocs content that will be executed in the victim's browser when browsing documentation or navigating to an attacker provided link.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2024-09-17 21:20:35 UTC
Backstage is an open framework for building developer portals. An attacker with control of the contents of the TechDocs storage buckets is able to inject executable scripts in the TechDocs content that will be executed in the victim's browser when browsing documentation or navigating to an attacker provided link. This has been fixed in the 1.10.13 release of the `@backstage/plugin-techdocs-backend` package. users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.