# CVE-2023-32693: Decidim Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in the external link redirections

- Also known as: GHSA-469H-MQG8-535R
- Severity: CVSS 8.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.26.7, 0.27.3
- Published: 2023-07-11 · Updated: 2024-11-04

## Affected

- decidim: from 0.25.0, fixed in 0.26.7; from 0.27.0, fixed in 0.27.3
- decidim (RubyGems): from 0.25.0, fixed in 0.26.7
- decidim-core (RubyGems): from 0.27.0, fixed in 0.27.3
- decidim-core (RubyGems): from 0.25.0, fixed in 0.26.7
- decidim (RubyGems): from 0.27.0, fixed in 0.27.3

## Description

Decidim is a participatory democracy framework, written in Ruby on Rails, originally developed for the Barcelona City government online and offline participation website. The external link feature is susceptible to cross-site scripting. This allows a remote attacker to execute JavaScript code in the context of a currently logged-in user. An attacker could use this vulnerability to make other users endorse or support proposals they have no intention of supporting or endorsing. The problem was patched in versions 0.27.3 and 0.26.7.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on decidim, decidim-core, upgrade to a fixed version (0.26.7, 0.27.3) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/decidim/decidim/security/advisories/GHSA-469h-mqg8-535r
- https://github.com/decidim/decidim/releases/tag/v0.26.7
- https://github.com/decidim/decidim/releases/tag/v0.27.3

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