CVE-2026-55424
What it is
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.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network with a low-privilege account, but needs a user to act. High risk of data exposure, data tampering.
- Exploit odds
- 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 0.4% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 7.4 HIGH (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.4% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-79 · Cross-site scripting
- Record status
- Analyzed
Affected
- Discourse < 2026.1.5
- Discourse < 2026.4.2
- Discourse < 2026.5.1
- Discourse 2026.6.0
Attack profile CVSS 4.0 · 7.4
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Passive
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Raw 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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Is it in your code?
Hand this to your coding agent. It searches your project for the affected products and checks versions. Nothing leaves your machine.
Read https://cve-list.com/agent/cve/CVE-2026-55424.md and follow it. Check whether this project is affected by CVE-2026-55424. Read only. Don't change anything and don't upload my code. Tell me yes, no or not sure, with the file as proof.
Fix and advisories
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/1bce8881e4253d9bbab56f011a12ef899b926b59
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/6679d9a5083488bae10c2adbb345c481c583242c
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/6828aee9b15c2655d63b515ac919830bd540ff83
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/c9b9405f5bd0bf0269e505e28e3aad388d7657c5
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/releases/tag/v2026.1.5
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/releases/tag/v2026.4.2
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/releases/tag/v2026.5.1
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/releases/tag/v2026.6.0
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-695w-7fv8-mxg3
References
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/1bce8881e4253d9bbab56f011a12ef899b926b59
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/6679d9a5083488bae10c2adbb345c481c583242c
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/6828aee9b15c2655d63b515ac919830bd540ff83
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/c9b9405f5bd0bf0269e505e28e3aad388d7657c5
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/releases/tag/v2026.1.5
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/releases/tag/v2026.4.2
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/releases/tag/v2026.5.1
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/releases/tag/v2026.6.0
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-695w-7fv8-mxg3