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Medium · 5.4 CVE-2026-32273 EUVD-2026-17550

Discourse: XSS on category description update via API

Published Mar 31, 2026 · Updated Mar 31, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. From versions 2026.1.0-latest to before 2026.1.3, 2026.2.0-latest to before 2026.2.2, and 2026.3.0-latest to before 2026.3.0, updating a category description via API is not sanitizing the description string, which can lead to XSS attacks. This issue has been patched in versions 2026.1.3, 2026.2.2, and 2026.3.0.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
discourse discourse >= 2026.1.0-latest, < 2026.1.3, >= 2026.2.0-latest, < 2026.2.2, >= 2026.3.0-latest, < 2026.3.0 —

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