---
id: CVE-2026-44282
title: Decidim is a participatory democracy framework
summary: >-
  Decidim is a participatory democracy framework. Prior to 0.32.0, a
  low-privilege process-scoped administrator or election editor with
  question-management rights can store HTML or script-bearing content in
  question.body. The question_titl…
severity: medium
cvss: 4.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-79
vendor: decidim
product: decidim
affected:
  - decidim < 0.32.0
patched:
  - decidim-elections 0.32.0
published: '2026-09-15'
updated: '2026-09-15'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-15T17:17:13.763'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-44282'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/decidim/decidim/commit/64dbea3739f360f1eb36932dfc49d9686e61fc00
    label: security-advisories@github.com
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/decidim/decidim/commit/b6e1b003365d10c0df2bc7edc5edd26b62fafda1
    label: security-advisories@github.com
  - url: 'https://github.com/decidim/decidim/pull/16659'
    label: security-advisories@github.com
  - url: 'https://github.com/decidim/decidim/pull/16669'
    label: security-advisories@github.com
  - url: 'https://github.com/decidim/decidim/releases/tag/v0.32.0'
    label: security-advisories@github.com
  - url: 'https://github.com/decidim/decidim/security/advisories/GHSA-9mvp-w4rr-5c6x'
    label: security-advisories@github.com
  - url: 'https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9mvp-w4rr-5c6x'
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
  - ghsa
  - rubygems
aliases:
  - GHSA-9mvp-w4rr-5c6x
ecosystem: rubygems
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-09-15T16:05:38.159708Z'
ingestedAt: '2026-09-09T18:17:58.314Z'
epss: 0.00391
epssPercentile: 0.30405
---

## Overview

Decidim is a participatory democracy framework. Prior to 0.32.0, a low-privilege process-scoped administrator or election editor with question-management rights can store HTML or script-bearing content in question.body. The question_title helper returns the translatable question body through html_safe without a sanitization boundary, causing stored script execution when visitors open public election pages or voting booth screens. The persisted script executes in visitors' browsers. The vulnerability is fixed in 0.32.0.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.

## Package advisory (CVE-2026-44282)

Affected packages:

- `decidim-elections < 0.32.0`

Patched in:

- `decidim-elections 0.32.0`

Source: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9mvp-w4rr-5c6x