vulnerability / NVI-00017790 / Revision 1
Decidim: Forms admin question editor lacks authorization
GitHub lists this reviewed advisory for decidim-demographics, decidim-demographics. Published version ranges and source prerequisites are shown below; this is not an inspection of a visitor’s application.
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01 / Meaning
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02 / Applicability
The affected context
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decidim-demographics
source listed>= 0.31.0, < 0.31.5
## Description A participant can load the demographics questionnaire admin editor and make changes. ## Technical description The demographics questionnaire editor should require admin access, but the route under `/admin/demographics/questions` renders the editor interface without checking whether the caller is an admin. A normal participant can load the page and see the live update form action, which proves the protected interface is reachable. Reproduction steps: Step 1. Sign in as a normal participant: Open `http://localhost:3000/users/sign_in`. Step 2. Request the admin-only editor directly. Open `http://localhost:3000/admin/demographics/questions/edit_questions` in the same browser. Step 3. Add another question: Note that access was denied when attempting to see question responses or settings. ### Impact - Low-privilege users can access questionnaire-admin interfaces. - They can read question-management surfaces that should remain limited to questionnaire managers. ### Patches See https://github.com/decidim/decidim/pull/
decidim-demographics
source listed>= 0.32.0.rc1, < 0.32.0
## Description A participant can load the demographics questionnaire admin editor and make changes. ## Technical description The demographics questionnaire editor should require admin access, but the route under `/admin/demographics/questions` renders the editor interface without checking whether the caller is an admin. A normal participant can load the page and see the live update form action, which proves the protected interface is reachable. Reproduction steps: Step 1. Sign in as a normal participant: Open `http://localhost:3000/users/sign_in`. Step 2. Request the admin-only editor directly. Open `http://localhost:3000/admin/demographics/questions/edit_questions` in the same browser. Step 3. Add another question: Note that access was denied when attempting to see question responses or settings. ### Impact - Low-privilege users can access questionnaire-admin interfaces. - They can read question-management surfaces that should remain limited to questionnaire managers. ### Patches See https://github.com/decidim/decidim/pull/
03 / Response
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04 / Limits
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05 / Provenance
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- GHSA-vq6j-hj8w-7v39 ↗
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