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.
Worth mentioning as it was in zulip chat by @yorkshirepudding
I just tested and the two work together without issue as long as you don't use the "Exclude comments from Content...
There is also Node Comments Search - this searches the node and all comments (default search is node and first page of comments) as part of the content search. Izzy's module above is a separate...
Posted5 days 7 hours ago by Martin Price | System Horizons Ltd (yorkshirepudding) on:
If there is no response, alternatively, you can use a View with a list of comments, with a filter based on the comment text. I haven't tried it myself, I just got an idea.
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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.