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High · 8.1 CVE-2025-48877 EUVD-2025-17469

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

Published Jun 9, 2025 · Updated Jun 9, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

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 setting, and it can potentially auto-run arbitrary JS in the iframe scope, which is unintended. This issue is patched in 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. As a workaround, the Codepen prefix can be removed from a site's `allowed_iframes`.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
discourse discourse < 3.4.4, < 3.5.0.beta5, < 3.5.0.beta6-dev —

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