Answer in brief
CVE-2026-44282 records a Medium severity (CVSS 4.8) vulnerability in decidim-elections: Election question titles allow stored script execution. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps decidim-elections (rubygems). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 4.8. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.
The current feed maps decidim-elections (rubygems). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| decidim-electionsrubygems | <0.32.0 | 0.32.0 |
Published upstream
Sep 9, 2026
Evidence: source:ghsa:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Sep 9, 2026
Evidence: source:ghsa:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Sep 9, 2026
## Description A low-privilege process-scoped admin who can manage elections can store arbitrary HTML in the question statement/body without sanitization, and the public elections UI renders that value unsafely. ## Technical description This stored XSS appears because election question titles are rendered as trusted HTML instead of sanitized text. The election question editor stores `question.body` as a normal translatable string, and the public helper `question_title` returns that value with `html_safe` and no sanitization boundary, so any user who can edit election questions can persist markup or script-bearing payloads that later render on public election pages. <img width="1506" height="1285" alt="decidim-election-01" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/2e17f396-10f9-4423-bb97-5badbdb20d21" /> <img width="1540" height="657" alt="decidim-election-02" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/178adb7b-d00e-4b5d-9237-f391e523973f" /> ### Impact A low-privilege process-scoped admin or other election editor with question-management rights can persist JavaScript that executes in visitor's browsers on public election pages and voting booth screens. ### Patches See https://github.com/decidim/decidim/pull/16659 ### Workarounds Developers should review their implementation's administrator accesses and not give access to untrustworthy users ### Resources OWASP XSS Injection ### Credits This issue was discovered in a security audit organized by the [Decidim Association](https://decidim.org) and made by [Radically Open Security](https://www.radicallyopensecurity.com/) against Decidim financed by [NGI](https://ngi.eu/).
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