backpack/crud: Stored XSS in the color column — the `@if($column['escaped'])` branches are inverted

Description

backpack/crud provides Create, Read, Update & Delete (CRUD) functions for Backpack, a collection of Laravel packages that help users build custom administration panels. From 6.0.0 until 6.8.14 and 7.0.38, src/resources/views/crud/columns/color.blade.php inverts the escaped and raw rendering branches controlled by $column['escaped'], which defaults to true, causing $column['text'] to be rendered unescaped by default. An attacker who can store an unsanitized value in a color column can execute script in the browser of a user who views the CRUD list, including an administrator, with access to the victim's session-backed application capabilities. Exploitation requires write access to the stored color value and a victim viewing the list. This issue is fixed in versions 6.8.14 and 7.0.38.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.31% · top 76% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.4.

Weakness

• CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-79 and its CVEs
• CWE-1023: Incomplete Comparison with Missing Factors (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-1023 and its CVEs

Affected products

• Laravel-Backpack · CRUD

  • affected >= 6.0.0, < 6.8.14
  • affected >= 7.0.0, < 7.0.38

Affected packages

From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.

• Packagistbackpack/crudGHSA-mmg4-322v-6jvc (opens in a new tab)

References (7)

• https://github.com/Laravel-Backpack/CRUD/security/advisories/GHSA-mmg4-322v-6jvc (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRM
• https://github.com/Laravel-Backpack/CRUD/pull/5992 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
• https://github.com/Laravel-Backpack/CRUD/pull/5994 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
• https://github.com/Laravel-Backpack/CRUD/commit/608652b1020ba274781f222d2959d7780a559a08 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
• https://github.com/Laravel-Backpack/CRUD/commit/76c3a6e50e3fbd6d5f633208da5b04acb8322969 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
• https://github.com/Laravel-Backpack/CRUD/releases/tag/6.8.14 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
• https://github.com/Laravel-Backpack/CRUD/releases/tag/7.0.38 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisory GHSA-mmg4-322v-6jvc (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 14 Sept 2026, 20:05 UTC.