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v1.72.1 Security

This release includes 2 security fixes for security teams reviewing exposed deployments.

Published 10d Productivity & Wikis
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This release patches 2 known CVEs

Affected surfaces

auth rbac

ReleasePort's take

Moderate signal
editorial:auto 10d

The release adds autocomplete filters and read‑only fields across admin panels while fixing a critical XSS vulnerability in participation summaries.

Why it matters: Escaping organizer-controlled names prevents stored XSS (severity 90) that could compromise admin sessions; new autocomplete filters improve usability for developers, SREs, and security engineers managing large datasets.

Summary

AI summary

Admin panel overhaul improves list views, adds autocomplete filters and read‑only refund lifecycle details.

Changes in this release

Security Critical

Escapes organizer-controlled names in admin participation summaries to prevent stored XSS

Escapes organizer-controlled names in admin participation summaries to prevent stored XSS

Source: llm_adapter@2026-07-17

Confidence: high

Breaking High

Restricts organization ownership transfer to superusers only

Restricts organization ownership transfer to superusers only

Source: llm_adapter@2026-07-17

Confidence: high

Breaking High

Makes payment base fields (`amount`, `currency`, `platform_fee`) read-only

Makes payment base fields (`amount`, `currency`, `platform_fee`) read-only

Source: llm_adapter@2026-07-17

Confidence: high

Feature Low

Adds missing enum filters for event status, ticket tier price type/visibility/payment method, refund status, poll result timing, notification read/unread

Adds missing enum filters for event status, ticket tier price type/visibility/payment method, refund status, poll result timing, notification read/unread

Source: llm_adapter@2026-07-17

Confidence: high

Feature Low

Replaces unbounded dropdown filters with autocomplete filters in admin panel

Replaces unbounded dropdown filters with autocomplete filters in admin panel

Source: llm_adapter@2026-07-17

Confidence: high

Feature Low

Makes payment refund lifecycle fields (`refund_status`, amount, Stripe ID, failure reason) read‑only in admin panel

Makes payment refund lifecycle fields (`refund_status`, amount, Stripe ID, failure reason) read‑only in admin panel

Source: llm_adapter@2026-07-17

Confidence: high

Feature Low

Organizes ticket money and audit fields into read‑only fieldsets in admin panel

Organizes ticket money and audit fields into read‑only fieldsets in admin panel

Source: llm_adapter@2026-07-17

Confidence: high

Feature Low

Registers Telegram `AccountOTP` and `EmailVerificationReminderTracking` as read‑only for support triage in admin panel

Registers Telegram `AccountOTP` and `EmailVerificationReminderTracking` as read‑only for support triage in admin panel

Source: llm_adapter@2026-07-17

Confidence: high

Performance Low

Optimizes admin changelists by removing per-row queries and paginating high‑volume tables at 50 rows

Optimizes admin changelists by removing per-row queries and paginating high‑volume tables at 50 rows

Source: llm_adapter@2026-07-17

Confidence: high

Bugfix Medium

Prevents 500 error on payment admin change page by fixing editable `expires_at` field rendering

Prevents 500 error on payment admin change page by fixing editable `expires_at` field rendering

Source: llm_adapter@2026-07-17

Confidence: high

Full changelog

Added

  • Admin panel overhaul (staff-facing): richer list views, filters, and field coverage across all apps
    • Missing enum filters added (event status/visibility, ticket-tier price type/visibility/payment method, payment refund status, poll result timing, notification read/unread); unbounded dropdown filters replaced with autocomplete filters
    • Payment refund lifecycle (refund_status, refund amount, Stripe refund id, failure reason) now visible read-only; ticket money/audit fields organized into read-only fieldsets; ticket-tier lists show price, availability, and sales configuration
    • Legal and SiteSettings now use singleton admin pages with a browsable, revertable change history
    • Telegram AccountOTP (secret hidden) and EmailVerificationReminderTracking registered read-only for support triage
    • User page gains read-only referral-code and global-ban inlines; notifications show per-channel delivery status inline; file-upload questions manageable from the questionnaire page
    • User list: organization owners marked with 👑 plus an owner filter, name-first columns, mailto: email links

Changed

  • Admin changelists no longer issue per-row queries (~30 admins optimized with select_related/annotations); high-volume tables paginate at 50 rows without full-table counts

Fixed

  • Payment admin change page no longer returns a 500 (expires_at was rendered as editable despite being a non-editable field)

Security

  • Admin participation summaries now escape organizer-controlled event/organization names (admin-only stored XSS)
  • Organization ownership transfer in the admin restricted to superusers; payment base amounts (amount, currency, platform_fee) made read-only

What's Changed

  • feat(admin): overhaul admin panel — performance, filters, field coverage by @biagiodistefano in https://github.com/letsrevel/revel-backend/pull/714
  • chore(release): v1.72.1 by @biagiodistefano in https://github.com/letsrevel/revel-backend/pull/715

Full Changelog: https://github.com/letsrevel/revel-backend/compare/v1.72.0...v1.72.1

Security Fixes

  • Admin participation summaries now escape organizer‑controlled names to prevent stored XSS (admin‑only)
  • Organization ownership transfer restricted to superusers; payment base amounts made read‑only

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The Django backend of the Revel event platform project

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Earlier breaking changes

  • v1.71.0 Checkout flow now uses a two-step reserve then session creation process.
  • v1.68.0 check-in endpoint path renamed to use ticket code (UUID or series:<uuid>) instead of ticket ID.

Beta — feedback welcome: [email protected]