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TI-2026-44168 Aliases CVE-2026-61696

Forem: Stored XSS in Admin Abuse Report Rendering

Priority LOW 28CWE-116Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · Low · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

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

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00322 25th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed forem (forem): 92eacd1

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
foremforembefore 92eacd192eacd1Patch availableCNA
  • forem Vendorforem Affected before 92eacd1 Fixed in 92eacd1 Patch available CNA

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA forem (forem) Fixed in 92eacd1

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-61696

References

  • TI-2023-11949 forem up to v2022.11.11 was discovered to contain a Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
  • TI-2026-36050 Forem vulnerable to bypass of email address domain restrictions CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.2

Sources

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