CVE-2025-69289 (GCVE-0-2025-69289)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-28 19:33 – Updated: 2026-01-28 20:15
VLAI
Title
Discourse has insecure default configuration that allows non-admin moderators to takeover any non-staff account via email change
Summary
Discourse is an open source discussion platform. A privilege escalation vulnerability in versions prior to 3.5.4, 2025.11.2, 2025.12.1, and 2026.1.0 allows a non-admin moderator to bypass email-change restrictions, allowing a takeover of non-staff accounts. This issue is patched in versions 3.5.4, 2025.11.2, 2025.12.1, and 2026.1.0. As a workaround, ensure moderators are trusted or enable the "require_change_email_confirmation" setting.
Severity
5.1 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-863 - Incorrect Authorization
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
discourse discourse Affected: < 3.5.4
Affected: >= 2025.11.0-latest, < 2025.11.2
Affected: >= 2025.12.0-latest, < 2025.12.1
Affected: >= 2026.1.0-latest, < 2026.1.0
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