CVE-2026-61696 PUBLISHED

Forem: Stored XSS in Admin Abuse Report Rendering

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 10.07.2026 Published: 18.08.2026 Updated: 18.08.2026

Forem is open source software for building communities. In versions before commit 92eacd16a82cf9007ba8e16a2258b42e3b53ca9c, a malicious value submitted through feedback_message[message] is stored without sanitization and rendered in app/views/admin/feedback_messages/_feedback_message.html.erb through raw(feedback_message.message) when offender_id is present. Viewing the abuse report executes arbitrary JavaScript in an administrator's browser and may expose sensitive in-page data, abuse CSRF tokens, or perform administrative actions in the victim's session. The public FeedbackMessagesController accepts the report without authorization and previously permitted a submitted offender_id, making the vulnerable rendering path reachable by an unauthenticated attacker. This issue is fixed in commit 92eacd16a82cf9007ba8e16a2258b42e3b53ca9c

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
CVSS Score: 6.3

Product Status

Vendor forem
Product forem
Versions
  • Version < 92eacd16a82cf9007ba8e16a2258b42e3b53ca9c is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-74: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection') CWE
  • CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') CWE
  • CWE-116: Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output CWE