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Vulnerability details: VCID-1nxx-tjjd-nfbn
Vulnerability ID VCID-1nxx-tjjd-nfbn
Aliases CVE-2023-32693
GHSA-469h-mqg8-535r
Summary 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 7.3
Risk 3.6
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (4)
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
epss 0.00227 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-32693
epss 0.00227 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-32693
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-469h-mqg8-535r
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://github.com/decidim/decidim
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/decidim/decidim
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://github.com/decidim/decidim/releases/tag/v0.26.7
cvssv3.1 8.1 https://github.com/decidim/decidim/releases/tag/v0.26.7
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/decidim/decidim/releases/tag/v0.26.7
ssvc Track https://github.com/decidim/decidim/releases/tag/v0.26.7
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://github.com/decidim/decidim/releases/tag/v0.27.3
cvssv3.1 8.1 https://github.com/decidim/decidim/releases/tag/v0.27.3
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/decidim/decidim/releases/tag/v0.27.3
ssvc Track https://github.com/decidim/decidim/releases/tag/v0.27.3
cvssv3 8.1 https://github.com/decidim/decidim/security/advisories/GHSA-469h-mqg8-535r
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://github.com/decidim/decidim/security/advisories/GHSA-469h-mqg8-535r
cvssv3.1 8.1 https://github.com/decidim/decidim/security/advisories/GHSA-469h-mqg8-535r
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/decidim/decidim/security/advisories/GHSA-469h-mqg8-535r
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/decidim/decidim/security/advisories/GHSA-469h-mqg8-535r
ssvc Track https://github.com/decidim/decidim/security/advisories/GHSA-469h-mqg8-535r
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/decidim-core/CVE-2023-32693.yml
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/decidim-core/CVE-2023-32693.yml
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/decidim/CVE-2023-32693.yml
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/decidim/CVE-2023-32693.yml
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-32693
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-32693
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-32693
https://github.com/decidim/decidim
https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/decidim-core/CVE-2023-32693.yml
https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/decidim/CVE-2023-32693.yml
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-32693
GHSA-469h-mqg8-535r https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-469h-mqg8-535r
GHSA-469h-mqg8-535r https://github.com/decidim/decidim/security/advisories/GHSA-469h-mqg8-535r
v0.26.7 https://github.com/decidim/decidim/releases/tag/v0.26.7
v0.27.3 https://github.com/decidim/decidim/releases/tag/v0.27.3
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/decidim/decidim
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/decidim/decidim/releases/tag/v0.26.7
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N Found at https://github.com/decidim/decidim/releases/tag/v0.26.7
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-11-04T19:43:24Z/ Found at https://github.com/decidim/decidim/releases/tag/v0.26.7
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/decidim/decidim/releases/tag/v0.27.3
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N Found at https://github.com/decidim/decidim/releases/tag/v0.27.3
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-11-04T19:43:24Z/ Found at https://github.com/decidim/decidim/releases/tag/v0.27.3
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/decidim/decidim/security/advisories/GHSA-469h-mqg8-535r
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N Found at https://github.com/decidim/decidim/security/advisories/GHSA-469h-mqg8-535r
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-11-04T19:43:24Z/ Found at https://github.com/decidim/decidim/security/advisories/GHSA-469h-mqg8-535r
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/decidim-core/CVE-2023-32693.yml
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/decidim/CVE-2023-32693.yml
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-32693
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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.4566
EPSS Score 0.00227
Published At June 11, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-11T17:26:38.646396+00:00 Vulnrichment Import https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2023/32xxx/CVE-2023-32693.json 38.6.0