CVE-2026-55424

high

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.

References

https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-695w-7fv8-mxg3

https://github.com/discourse/discourse/releases/tag/v2026.6.0

https://github.com/discourse/discourse/releases/tag/v2026.5.1

https://github.com/discourse/discourse/releases/tag/v2026.4.2

https://github.com/discourse/discourse/releases/tag/v2026.1.5

https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/c9b9405f5bd0bf0269e505e28e3aad388d7657c5

https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/6828aee9b15c2655d63b515ac919830bd540ff83

https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/6679d9a5083488bae10c2adbb345c481c583242c

https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/1bce8881e4253d9bbab56f011a12ef899b926b59

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-07-09

Updated: 2026-07-09

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v4

Base Score: 7.4

Vector: 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

Severity: High