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  • High 8.6

    Discourse ActivityPub: Fix inbound actor validation and apply outbound request SSRF hardening

    Discourse ActivityPub adds ActivityPub support to Discourse. Prior to commit 1c8518b0f2abdf31cbea3e0b242f74d8994a9ba5, inbound ActivityPub processing does not sufficiently verify that the actor authenticated by the signed request matches the Activity actor an…

  • High 7.5

    Discourse: Media uploads remain publicly accessible after category permissions are restricted

    Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to 2026.9.0, 2026.8.1, 2026.7.3, and 2026.1.9, sites with secure uploads enabled did not reconcile existing upload security metadata when a previously public category became read-restricted or when catego…

  • High 7.5

    Discourse: Chat MessageBus delivers read-restricted messages to unauthorized users

    Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to 2026.9.0, 2026.8.1, 2026.7.3, and 2026.1.9, MessageBus audience calculation could deliver messages from a read-restricted category chat channel to an authenticated user who could view the category but …

  • High 7.7
    CVE-2026-91159 Public exploit

    Discourse: Stored oEmbed HTML injection via allowed iframe

    Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to 2026.9.0, 2026.8.1, 2026.7.3, and 2026.1.9, oEmbed processing treated an entire attacker-controlled HTML fragment as trusted when the fragment contained an iframe whose source matched the configured al…

  • High 8.7

    Discourse: Chat MessageBus delivers read-restricted messages to unauthorized users

    Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to 2026.1.8, 2026.6.3, 2026.7.2, and 2026.8.0, the video placeholder component allowed crafted HTML to cause an attribute breakout and inject an attacker-controlled event handler. An authenticated user wi…

  • High 7.2

    Discourse: Reject literal backslash path separators in iframe src traversal guard

    Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to 2026.1.8, 2026.6.3, 2026.7.2, and 2026.8.0, the iframe src traversal guard did not treat literal backslashes as path separators after decoded dot segments. A crafted source could therefore pass an allo…

  • High 7.1

    Discourse: Strip SQL comments and use non-recursive parameter interpolation in Data Explorer

    Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. From 2026.1.0-latest until 2026.1.7, 2026.6.2, 2026.7.1, and 2026.8.0-latest.1, anyone able to run a parameterized Data Explorer query, including non-staff members of a group a query is shared with, could craft…

  • High 8.7

    Discourse: Stored XSS chat-transcript username unescaped in Rich Text Editor

    Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to 2026.1.6, 2026.5.2, 2026.6.1, and 2026.7.0, the Rich Text Editor rendered a chat-transcript username as HTML, allowing stored cross-site scripting. This issue is fixed in versions 2026.1.6, 2026.5.2, 2…

  • High 7.3

    Discourse: Stored-XSS in 2FA delete confirmation modal

    Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to 2026.6.0, 2026.5.1, 2026.4.2, and 2026.1.5, a malicious second factor name on an attacker-controlled account was not escaped in the delete confirmation dialog, allowing stored cross-site scripting when…

  • High 8.2

    Discourse: Signup-time primary_group_id assignment grants whisperer access

    Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to 2026.6.0, 2026.5.1, 2026.4.2, and 2026.1.5, the signup flow could allow newly registered users to set primary_group_id and gain whisper-group privileges without legitimate group membership on sites wit…

  • High 7.4

    Discourse: Topic featured link susceptible to stored XSS

    Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to 2026.6.0, 2026.5.1, 2026.4.2, and 2026.1.5, a topic "featured link" was not sufficiently normalized and escaped before being rendered in the topic list, allowing a user who can set a featured link to i…

  • High 7.5

    Discourse: Remote code execution via pdf uploads

    Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to 2026.6.0, 2026.5.1, 2026.4.2, and 2026.1.5, under certain non-default configurations, processing of PDF uploads could be exploited to obtain RCE on the server. This issue is patched in 2026.6.0, 2026.5…

  • High 7.5

    Discourse: Public chat MessageBus broadcasts are not restricted to chat-eligible users

    Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. From versions 2026.1.0-latest to before 2026.1.4, 2026.3.0-latest to before 2026.3.1, and 2026.4.0-latest to before 2026.4.1, chat events for public category channels are published to MessageBus without permiss…

  • High 8.2

    Discourse missing permission check for policy creation in discourse-policy

    Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to versions 2026.3.0-latest.1, 2026.2.1, and 2026.1.2, users who do not belong to the allowed policy creation groups can create functional policy acceptance widgets in posts under the right conditions. Ve…

  • High 8.7

    Discourse leaks private topic title and post excerpt via user action API endpoint

    Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Versions prior to 2026.3.0-latest.1, 2026.2.1, and 2026.1.2 have a lack of visibility checks with a user action API endpoint that results in disclosure of the title and post excerpt to unauthorized users, leadi…

  • High 7.5

    Discourse has IDOR vulnerability in the directory items endpoint

    Discourse is an open source discussion platform. Prior to versions 2025.12.2, 2026.1.1, and 2026.2.0, an IDOR vulnerability in the directory items endpoint allows any user, including anonymous users, to retrieve private user field values for all users in the …

  • High 7.5

    Discourse has authentication bypass vulnerability in the Patreon plugin webhook endpoint

    Discourse is an open source discussion platform. Prior to versions 2025.12.2, 2026.1.1, and 2026.2.0, when the `patreon_webhook_secret` site setting is blank, an attacker can forge valid webhook signatures by computing an HMAC-MD5 with an empty string as the …

  • High 7.1

    Discourse moderators can access admin-only reports exposing private upload URLs

    Discourse is an open source discussion platform. In versions prior to 3.5.4, 2025.11.2, 2025.12.1, and 2026.1.0, moderators can access the `top_uploads` admin report which should be restricted to admins only. This report displays direct URLs to all uploaded f…

  • High 7.6

    FinalDestination hostname matching allows SSRF protection bypass

    Discourse is an open source discussion platform. In versions prior to 3.5.4, 2025.11.2, 2025.12.1, and 2026.1.0, a hostname validation issue in FinalDestination could allow bypassing SSRF protections under certain conditions. This issue is patched in versions…

  • High 7.1

    Discourse subscriptions are susceptible to takeover

    Discourse is an open source discussion platform. In versions prior to 3.5.4, 2025.11.2, 2025.12.1, and 2026.1.0, some subscription endpoints lack proper checking for ownership before making changes. This issue is patched in versions 3.5.4, 2025.11.2, 2025.12.…

  • High 8.2

    Discourse's WebAuthn challenge isn't cleared from user session after authentication

    Discourse is an open-source community discussion platform. Prior to version 3.4.7 on the `stable` branch and version 3.5.0.beta.8 on the `tests-passed` branch, upon issuing a physical security key for 2FA, the server generates a WebAuthn challenge, which the …

  • High 8.1

    Discourse vulnerable to XSS via user-provided query parameter in oauth failure flow

    Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Versions prior to 3.5.0.beta6 are vulnerable to cross-site scripting when the content security policy isn't enabled when using social logins. Version 3.5.0.beta6 patches the issue. As a workaround, have the con…

  • High 8.1

    Discourse vulnerable to auto-executing of third-party code in embedded CodePen iframe

    Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to version 3.4.4 of the `stable` branch, version 3.5.0.beta5 of the `beta` branch, and version 3.5.0.beta6-dev of the `tests-passed` branch, Codepen is present in the default `allowed_iframes` site settin…

  • High 7.1

    Discourse vulnerable to HTML injection when inviting to topic via email

    Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to version 3.4.4 of the `stable` branch, version 3.5.0.beta5 of the `beta` branch, and version 3.5.0.beta6-dev of the `tests-passed` branch, certain invites via email may result in HTML injection in the e…

  • High 8.7

    Discourse vulnerable to DoS via large URL payload in PM to a bot

    Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to version 3.4.4 of the `stable` branch, version 3.5.0.beta5 of the `beta` branch, and version 3.5.0.beta6-dev of the `tests-passed` branch, sending a malicious URL in a PM to a bot user can cause a reduc…

  • High 8.2

    Anonymous cache poisoning via XHR requests in Discourse

    Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. In affected versions an attacker can make craft an XHR request to poison the anonymous cache (for example, the cache may have a response with missing preloaded data). This issue only affects anony…

  • High 8.2

    Anonymous cache poisoning via request headers in Discourse

    Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. In affected versions an attacker can carefully craft a request with the right request headers to poison the anonymous cache (for example, the cache may have a response with missing preloaded data)…

  • High 7.5
    CVE-2024-53991 EPSS 30%

    Potential Backup file leaked via Nginx in Discourse

    Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. This vulnerability only impacts Discourse instances configured to use `FileStore::LocalStore` which means uploads and backups are stored locally on disk. If an attacker knows the name of the Disco…

  • High 8.2
    CVE-2024-47773 Public exploit

    Anonymous cache poisoning via XHR requests in Discourse

    Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. An attacker can make several XHR requests until the cache is poisoned with a response without any preloaded data. This issue only affects anonymous visitors of the site. This problem has been patc…

  • High 7.5

    Denial of service by the absence of restrictions on replies to posts in Discourse

    Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. A user can create a post with many replies, and then attempt to fetch them all at once. This can potentially reduce the availability of a Discourse instance. This problem has been patched in the l…

  • High 8.2

    Bypass of email address validation via encoded email addresses in Discourse

    Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. A maliciously crafted email address could allow an attacker to bypass domain-based restrictions and gain access to private sites, categories and/or groups. This issue has been patched in the lates…

  • High 7.5

    Discourse vulnerable to DoS through Onebox

    Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to version 3.2.3 on the `stable` branch and version 3.3.0.beta3 on the `tests-passed` branch, Oneboxing against a carefully crafted malicious URL can reduce the availability of a Discourse instance. The p…

  • High 8.6

    Discourse vulnerable to unlimited mentioned users in message serializer

    Discourse is a platform for community discussion. The message serializer uses the full list of expanded chat mentions (@all and @here) which can lead to a very long array of users. This issue was patched in versions 3.1.4 and beta 3.2.0.beta5.

  • High 7.5

    Discourse DoS through Onebox favicon URL

    Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. In versions 3.1.0 through 3.1.2 of the `stable` branch and versions 3.1.0,beta6 through 3.2.0.beta2 of the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches, Redis memory can be depleted by crafting a site with …

  • High 8.0

    Improper escaping of user input in discourse-calendar

    dicourse-calendar is a plugin for the Discourse messaging platform which adds the ability to create a dynamic calendar in the first post of a topic. Improper escaping of event titles could lead to Cross-site Scripting (XSS) within the 'email preview' UI when …

  • High 7.5
    CVE-2023-45131 Public exploit

    Unauthenticated access to new private chat messages in Discourse

    Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. New chat messages can be read by making an unauthenticated POST request to MessageBus. This issue is patched in the 3.1.1 stable and 3.2.0.beta2 versions of Discourse. Users are advised to upgrade…

  • High 7.5

    Malicious requests can fill up the log files resulting in a deinal of service in Discourse

    Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. A malicious request can cause production log files to quickly fill up and thus result in the server running out of disk space. This problem has been patched in the 3.1.1 stable and 3.2.0.beta2 ver…

  • High 8.0

    Cross-site Scripting via email preview when CSP disabled in Discourse

    Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. Improper escaping of user input allowed for Cross-site Scripting attacks via the digest email preview UI. This issue only affects sites with CSP disabled. This issue has been patched in the 3.1.1 …

  • High 7.2

    Improper escaping of encrypted topic titles can lead to Cross-site Scripting under non-default site configuration

    discourse-encrypt is a plugin that provides a secure communication channel through Discourse. Improper escaping of encrypted topic titles could lead to a cross site scripting (XSS) issue when a site has content security policy (CSP) headers disabled. Having C…

  • High 8.6

    Discourse vulnerable to ReDoS in user agent parsing

    Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to version 3.0.1 on the `stable` branch and version 3.1.0.beta2 on the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches, a malicious user can cause a regular expression denial of service using a carefully crafted user …