Forem Feedback Messages _feedback_message.html.erb raw Message cross site scripting

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A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Forem. Affected by this vulnerability is the function raw of the file app/views/admin/feedback_messages/_feedback_message.html.erb of the component Feedback Messages. Such manipulation of the argument Message leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2026-61696. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in Forem (unknown version). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function raw of the file app/views/admin/feedback_messages/_feedback_message.html.erb of the component Feedback Messages. The manipulation of the argument message with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

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

The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-61696 since 07/10/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploitation needs additional levels of successful authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Applying the patch 92eacd16a82cf9007ba8e16a2258b42e3b53ca9c is able to eliminate this problem.

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• Product: https://github.com/forem/forem/

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