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CVE-2025-69289

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.
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:25ff861b4a5b4d95283328b7cccc3427dbc76a28aa9bf4abb7553da59d01e625
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0

Affected products and versions

1 source assertion
{"product":"discourse","vendor":"discourse","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"< 3.5.4"},{"status":"affected","version":">= 2025.11.0-latest, < 2025.11.2"},{"status":"affected","version":">= 2025.12.0-latest, < 2025.12.1"},{"status":"affected","version":">= 2026.1.0-latest, < 2026.1.0"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:597f9e69fa72606af56e4b61c3ab0cb3bede96f41add0ca45fb4023db4a9bfd2 · sha256:c489d707c680f0d8… · /containers/cna/affected/0

Provider-owned CVSS observations

1 source assertion
{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackRequirements":"NONE","attackVector":"NETWORK","baseScore":5.1,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","privilegesRequired":"HIGH","subAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","subConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","subIntegrityImpact":"NONE","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"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","version":"4.0","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","vulnConfidentialityImpact":"LOW","vulnIntegrityImpact":"LOW"},"metric_type":"cvssV4_0"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:597f9e69fa72606af56e4b61c3ab0cb3bede96f41add0ca45fb4023db4a9bfd2 · sha256:c489d707c680f0d8… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV4_0

CWE assertions

1 source assertion
{"cweId":"CWE-863","description":"CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:597f9e69fa72606af56e4b61c3ab0cb3bede96f41add0ca45fb4023db4a9bfd2 · sha256:c489d707c680f0d8… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

Source references

1 source assertion
{"name":"https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-p39j-x54c-rwqq","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"],"url":"https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-p39j-x54c-rwqq"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:597f9e69fa72606af56e4b61c3ab0cb3bede96f41add0ca45fb4023db4a9bfd2 · sha256:c489d707c680f0d8… · /containers/cna/references/0

Attribution and limitations

  • CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →

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