Protection Mechanism Failure Affecting @backstage/plugin-techdocs-backend package, versions <1.10.13


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JS-BACKSTAGEPLUGINTECHDOCSBACKEND-8023175
  • published18 Sept 2024
  • disclosed17 Sept 2024
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 17 Sep 2024

CVE-2024-46976  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-693  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade @backstage/plugin-techdocs-backend to version 1.10.13 or higher.

Overview

@backstage/plugin-techdocs-backend is a The Backstage backend plugin that renders technical documentation for your components

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Protection Mechanism Failure in the TechDocs content. The victim's browser will be executed when browsing documentation or navigating to an attacker-provided link.

Note: This is only exploitable if the attacker has control of the contents of the TechDocs storage buckets

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