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Vulnerability from bitnami_vulndb

Published

2026-08-17 05:44

Modified

2026-08-17 06:10

Summary

Discourse: Stored XSS in staff action logs injects staff UI

Details

Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to 2026.1.6, the staff action log model rendered unescaped previous and new value fields that could inject stored cross-site scripting into the staff interface. The issue is fixed in 2026.1.6, 2026.5.2, 2026.6.1, and 2026.7.0.

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    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Bitnami",
        "name": "discourse",
        "purl": "pkg:bitnami/discourse"
      },
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            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2026.1.6"
            },
            {
              "introduced": "2026.5.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2026.5.2"
            },
            {
              "introduced": "2026.6.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2026.6.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "SEMVER"
        }
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          "type": "CVSS_V3"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-72725"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
    ],
    "severity": "Medium"
  },
  "details": "Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to 2026.1.6, the staff action log model rendered unescaped previous and new value fields that could inject stored cross-site scripting into the staff interface. The issue is fixed in 2026.1.6, 2026.5.2, 2026.6.1, and 2026.7.0.",
  "id": "BIT-discourse-2026-72725",
  "modified": "2026-08-17T06:10:32.268Z",
  "published": "2026-08-17T05:44:28.373Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/66601a6e6eeeabfcb06d2f692d68534be12de082"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/74ae22d85f4e13c7c7f2e3c13fce023feec7e033"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/fd44510b4303e7f8f0b42bd070a2d42d3cda259f"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-8x29-vv56-wj6v"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72725"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.6.2",
  "summary": "Discourse: Stored XSS in staff action logs injects staff UI"
}

CVE-2026-72725 (GCVE-0-2026-72725)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-10 16:02 – Updated: 2026-08-10 18:29

Title

Discourse: Stored XSS in staff action logs injects staff UI

Summary

Severity

5.4 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-08-10 18:27 UTC

CWE

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

Assigner

GitHub_M mitre root

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/a…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/666…	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/74a…	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/fd4…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
discourse	discourse	Affected: < 2026.1.6 Affected: >= 2026.5.0, < 2026.5.2 Affected: >= 2026.6.0, < 2026.6.1

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