decidim 0.27.6

2 security vulnerabilities found in version 0.27.6

Decidim has a cross-site scripting vulnerability in the version control page

high severity CVE-2024-41673
high severity CVE-2024-41673
Patched versions: >= 0.27.8

Impact

The version control feature used in resources is subject to potential cross-site scripting (XSS) attack through a malformed URL.

Workarounds

Not available

References

OWASP ASVS v4.0.3-5.1.3

Credits

This issue was discovered in a security audit organized by Open Source Politics against Decidim done during July 2025.

Decidim::Admin vulnerable to cross-site scripting (XSS) in the admin panel with QuillJS WYSWYG editor

medium severity CVE-2024-39910
medium severity CVE-2024-39910
Patched versions: >= 0.27.7

Impact

The WYSWYG editor QuillJS is subject to potential XSS attach in case the attacker manages to modify the HTML before being uploaded to the server.

The attacker is able to change e.g. to <svg onload=alert('XSS')> if they know how to craft these requests themselves.

Patches

N/A

Workarounds

Review the user accounts that have access to the admin panel (i.e. general Administrators, and participatory space's Administrators) and remove access to them if they don't need it.

Disable the "Enable rich text editor for participants" setting in the admin dashboard.

References

OWASP ASVS v4.0.3-5.1.3

No officially reported memory leakage issues detected.


This gem version does not have any officially reported memory leaked issues.

No license issues detected.


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