CVE-2026-54181

MEDIUMPre-NVD 5.45.4—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This medium-severity CVE scores 5.4 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.3% (22nd percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs). GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: epss, secondary
5.4EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.3%CVSS: 5.4Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

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.

CVSS v3
5.4
EG Score
5.4MEDIUMmedium confidence
EG Risk
24
EG Risk 24/100CISA SSVC

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity54% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA SSVC: Track at every mission impact level.
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
EPSS PROB
0.3%
EPSS %ILE
22nd
KEV
Not listed

CISA SSVCTrack at every mission impact level.

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table

Published

August 20, 2026

Last Modified

September 30, 2026

Advisory Details (7)

Auto-updated Sep 14, 2026
Patch available. Sources: github_release, github, github_pr, github_commit.
github_release Patch Available

7.0.38 🌈

Patch available: Laravel-Backpack/CRUD 7.0.38

https://github.com/Laravel-Backpack/CRUD/releases/tag/7.0.38
github_release Patch Available

6.8.14 🌈

Patch available: Laravel-Backpack/CRUD 6.8.14

https://github.com/Laravel-Backpack/CRUD/releases/tag/6.8.14
github_commit Patch Available

commit 76c3a6e50e3f (Laravel-Backpack/CRUD)

Patch available: Laravel-Backpack/CRUD 6.8.15 (contains commit 76c3a6e50e3f)

https://github.com/Laravel-Backpack/CRUD/commit/76c3a6e50e3fbd6d5f633208da5b04acb8322969
github_commit Patch Available

commit 608652b1020b (Laravel-Backpack/CRUD)

Patch available: Laravel-Backpack/CRUD 7.0.41 (contains commit 608652b1020b)

https://github.com/Laravel-Backpack/CRUD/commit/608652b1020ba274781f222d2959d7780a559a08
github_pr Patch Available

fixes

Patch available: Laravel-Backpack/CRUD 6.8.15 (PR #5994 merged 2026-05-18)

https://github.com/Laravel-Backpack/CRUD/pull/5994
github_pr Patch Available

fix color display

Patch available: Laravel-Backpack/CRUD 7.0.41 (PR #5992 merged 2026-05-18)

https://github.com/Laravel-Backpack/CRUD/pull/5992
github Patch Available

Stored XSS in the color column — the `@if($column['escaped'])` branches are inverted · Advisory · Laravel-Backpack/CRUD · GitHub

https://github.com/Laravel-Backpack/CRUD/security/advisories/GHSA-mmg4-322v-6jvc

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-54181(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Affected Packages

(1 across 1 ecosystem)
Packagist(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
backpack/crud7.0.0 ... 7.0.9 (38 versions)
  • 6.0.0 up to 6.8.14: fixed in 6.8.14
  • 7.0.0 up to 7.0.38: fixed in 7.0.38
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Weakness Classification(2)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 13× in last 7d / 36× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-10-04 23:22 UTCEPSS rescore
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-54181?
CVE-2026-54181 is a medium vulnerability published on August 20, 2026. 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…
When was CVE-2026-54181 disclosed?
CVE-2026-54181 was first published on August 20, 2026, with the most recent update on September 30, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-54181 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-54181 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (22nd percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-54181?
CVE-2026-54181 has a CVSS base score of 5.4 (a secondary CVSS source that NVD displays; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-54181?
A fix for CVE-2026-54181 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-54181 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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