# CVE-2024-27290: Docassemble HTML and javascript injection

- Also known as: GHSA-PCFX-G2J2-F6F6, PYSEC-2026-1311
- Severity: CVSS 6.1 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.4.97
- Published: 2024-02-29 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- jhpyle docassemble: fixed in 1.4.97
- docassemble-webapp (PyPI): fixed in 1.4.97

## Description

Docassemble is an expert system for guided interviews and document assembly. Prior to 1.4.97, a user could type HTML into a field, including the field for the user's name, and then that HTML could be displayed on the screen as HTML. The vulnerability has been patched in version 1.4.97 of the master branch.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on jhpyle docassemble, docassemble-webapp, upgrade to a fixed version (1.4.97) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/jhpyle/docassemble/security/advisories/GHSA-pcfx-g2j2-f6f6
- https://github.com/jhpyle/docassemble/commit/4801ac7ff7c90df00ac09523077930cdb6dea2aa

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