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Low · 2.2 CVE-2026-30888 EUVD-2026-13488

Discourse has moderator privilege escalation via arbitrary post_id in suspend/silence endpoint

Published Mar 20, 2026 · Updated Mar 21, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Versions prior to 2026.3.0-latest.1, 2026.2.1, and 2026.1.2 allow a moderator to edit site policy documents (ToS, guidelines, privacy policy) that they are explicitly prohibited from modifying. Versions 2026.3.0-latest.1, 2026.2.1, and 2026.1.2 contain a patch. No known workarounds are available.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
discourse discourse < 2026.3.0-latest.1, >= 2026.2.0-latest, < 2026.2.1, >= 2026.1.0-latest, < 2026.1.2 —

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