CVE-2025-22601

Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. In affected versions an attacker can trick a target user to make changes to their own username via carefully crafted link using the `activate-account` route. This problem has been patched in the latest version of Discourse. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

CVSS v3 3.1 LOW

3.1^/10

CVSS v3 : LOW

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.6 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-gvpp-v7mp-wxxw	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:::::beta:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:3.4.0:beta1:::beta:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:3.4.0:beta2:::beta:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:3.4.0:beta3:::beta:::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2025-02-04 21:15

Updated : 2025-09-25 20:27

NVD link : CVE-2025-22601

Mitre link : CVE-2025-22601

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-22601

JSON object : View

Products Affected

discourse

discourse

CWE

CWE-22

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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