CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-72730
8.7 HIGH
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- Status
- Deferred
- Published
- 2026-08-10
- Last modified
- 2026-09-08
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 8.7 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79
Description
Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to 2026.1.6, 2026.5.2, 2026.6.1, and 2026.7.0, the Rich Text Editor rendered a chat-transcript username as HTML, allowing stored cross-site scripting. This issue is fixed in versions 2026.1.6, 2026.5.2, 2026.6.1, and 2026.7.0.
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation weakness
References
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/32920affe4ad97b461ca2ae2f664c5fefc374baf github.com
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/3fb1e8ead0d4f48d2cf55c8110825c7e8a6a45f5 github.com
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/7eb35d076ab9b6a612e86182336ce9787ce402ea github.com
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/9633b8ecaf5a99f0407f5261b9bd1a05f7dac529 github.com
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-wg48-qxjc-f459 github.com