CVE-2026-91119
Discourse: Encode action_code_who in mention URLs
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.4 Medium
- Published
- Sep 24, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 28, 2026
- Reserved
- Sep 14, 2026
Description
Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to 2026.1.8, 2026.6.3, 2026.7.2, and 2026.8.0, the topic small-action and nested-activity-log components interpolated the free-form action_code_who value into mention-link href attributes without URL encoding. A quote-bearing display name could terminate the intended URL attribute and inject attacker-controlled elements into the trusted rendered markup. Although the visible mention text was escaped, the unencoded path component allowed stored HTML injection when another user viewed the affected topic action or activity log. This issue is fixed in versions 2026.1.8, 2026.6.3, 2026.7.2, and 2026.8.0.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 6.4 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/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 |
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References
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-pv3p-p3m9-v8v3
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/42882
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/20dbf112760eb1d6a58f2e49aeef7546898b6f1c
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/66653c484cfb91bc346f9a326f6945387f17b035
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/77a81c7a3a7ff9e94b355e32b8f379f2d389e05a
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/c4748f651d9d2f3a6dd3106a4d5564536c645168
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