May I know if backdrop vulnerable to the Log4shell/Log4j (CVE-2021-44228) in any stage or version or third party plugin found vulnerable to this ? Is there any official statement from backdrop on this ? I need a firm answer on this. Thanks.
Backdrop is definitely not vulnerable because of Log4j. Log4j is a Java component; Backdrop doesn't directly use Java, it's written in PHP, HTML, and JavaScript, with a smattering of scripting languages and configurations.
Note: I don't speak officially for Backdrop, but I'm pretty confident about this.
It is a good point @izmeez and when I was researching repo discoverability I found that GitHub search does prioritise matches with more stars.
This is what I was researching for:...
Posted2 days 15 hours ago by Martin Price | System Horizons Ltd (yorkshirepudding) on:
This link should work if the VIEW contains a Block and a Page - the link from the block will be directed to this page. I've never used it, so I might be wrong. But what can be done easier is to...
Thank you very much for your reply!
I understood that I first need to create a VIEW. I had assumed that the settings were configured via the block because it’s already included in Backdrop...
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Backdrop is definitely not vulnerable because of Log4j. Log4j is a Java component; Backdrop doesn't directly use Java, it's written in PHP, HTML, and JavaScript, with a smattering of scripting languages and configurations.
Note: I don't speak officially for Backdrop, but I'm pretty confident about this.
I'm glad to hear this. Thanks for your affirmation.