CVE-2026-55424
Discourse: Topic featured link susceptible to stored XSS
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.4 High
- Published
- Jul 9, 2026
- Updated
- Jul 10, 2026
- Reserved
- Jun 16, 2026
Description
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 inject JavaScript when default Content Security Policy protections were modified or disabled. This issue is fixed in versions 2026.6.0, 2026.5.1, 2026.4.2, and 2026.1.5.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 7.4 High | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N | GitHub_M |
Weaknesses
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
discoursediscourse |
|
References
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-695w-7fv8-mxg3
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/1bce8881e4253d9bbab56f011a12ef899b926b59
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/6679d9a5083488bae10c2adbb345c481c583242c
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/6828aee9b15c2655d63b515ac919830bd540ff83
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/c9b9405f5bd0bf0269e505e28e3aad388d7657c5
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/releases/tag/v2026.1.5
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/releases/tag/v2026.4.2
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/releases/tag/v2026.5.1
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/releases/tag/v2026.6.0
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