5.4
MEDIUM
CVE-2024-39910
Decidim QuillJS Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability
Description

decidim is a Free Open-Source participatory democracy, citizen participation and open government for cities and organizations. 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. This issue has been addressed in release version 0.27.7. All users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should 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

INFO

Published Date :

Sept. 16, 2024, 7:16 p.m.

Last Modified :

Sept. 29, 2024, 12:33 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

4.0

Exploitability Score :

1.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2024-39910 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Decidim decidim
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2024-39910.

URL Resource
https://github.com/decidim/decidim/commit/47adca81cabea898005ec07b130b008f2a2be99f Patch
https://github.com/decidim/decidim/security/advisories/GHSA-vvqw-fqwx-mqmm Vendor Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2024-39910 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2024-39910 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Sep. 29, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/decidim/decidim/commit/47adca81cabea898005ec07b130b008f2a2be99f No Types Assigned https://github.com/decidim/decidim/commit/47adca81cabea898005ec07b130b008f2a2be99f Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/decidim/decidim/security/advisories/GHSA-vvqw-fqwx-mqmm No Types Assigned https://github.com/decidim/decidim/security/advisories/GHSA-vvqw-fqwx-mqmm Vendor Advisory
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:decidim:decidim:*:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:* versions up to (excluding) 0.27.7
  • CVE Received by [email protected]

    Sep. 16, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description decidim is a Free Open-Source participatory democracy, citizen participation and open government for cities and organizations. 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. This issue has been addressed in release version 0.27.7. All users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should 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
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/decidim/decidim/security/advisories/GHSA-vvqw-fqwx-mqmm [No types assigned]
    Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://github.com/decidim/decidim/commit/47adca81cabea898005ec07b130b008f2a2be99f [No types assigned]
    Added CWE GitHub, Inc. CWE-79
    Added CVSS V3.1 GitHub, Inc. AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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