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.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Attack Requirements Present

User Interaction Passive

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High

Vulnerable System Availability Impact None

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

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Vendor Product Default status Versions
discourse discourse affected
Version Status Constraints
>= 2026.1.0-latest, < 2026.1.5 affected —
>= 2026.4.0-latest, < 2026.4.2 affected —
>= 2026.5.0-latest, < 2026.5.1 affected —

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References
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https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/1bce8881e4253d9bbab56f011a12ef899b926b59 cve-icon
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/6679d9a5083488bae10c2adbb345c481c583242c cve-icon
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/6828aee9b15c2655d63b515ac919830bd540ff83 cve-icon
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/c9b9405f5bd0bf0269e505e28e3aad388d7657c5 cve-icon
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/releases/tag/v2026.1.5 cve-icon
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/releases/tag/v2026.4.2 cve-icon
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/releases/tag/v2026.5.1 cve-icon
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/releases/tag/v2026.6.0 cve-icon
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-695w-7fv8-mxg3 cve-icon
History

Fri, 10 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Discourse
Discourse discourse
Vendors & Products Discourse
Discourse discourse

Thu, 09 Jul 2026 22:15:00 +0000

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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.
Title Discourse: Topic featured link susceptible to stored XSS
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'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'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-09T22:01:22.249Z

Reserved: 2026-06-16T21:48:43.126Z

Link: CVE-2026-55424

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Updated: 2026-07-09T23:45:03Z

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