CVE-2026-32273

Discourse: XSS on category description update via API

State: Published
Severity: 5.4 Medium
Published: Mar 31, 2026
Updated: Mar 31, 2026
Reserved: Mar 11, 2026

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.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	5.4 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N	GitHub_M

Weaknesses

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Affected Products

Product	Versions
discoursediscourse	>= 2026.1.0-latest, < 2026.1.3Affected >= 2026.2.0-latest, < 2026.2.2Affected >= 2026.3.0-latest, < 2026.3.0Affected

References

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