CVE-2025-46824

The Discourse Code Review Plugin allows users to review GitHub commits on Discourse. Prior to commit eed3a80, an attacker can execute arbitrary JavaScript on users' browsers by posting links to malicious GitHub commits. This problem is patched in commit eed3a80 of the discourse-code-review plugin. As a workaround, one may disable the plugin.

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 LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/discourse/discourse-code-review/commit/eed3a801f8fee217fe782212d8950eb1bd236e43
https://github.com/discourse/discourse-code-review/security/advisories/GHSA-358v-cwvc-gxh5
https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-46824-detect-discourse-plugin-vulnerability
https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-46824-mitigate-discourse-plugin-vulnerability

Configurations

No configuration.

History

20 Aug 2025, 20:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		() https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-46824-detect-discourse-plugin-vulnerability - () https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-46824-mitigate-discourse-plugin-vulnerability -

08 May 2025, 14:39

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-05-07 18:15

Updated : 2025-08-20 20:15

NVD link : CVE-2025-46824

Mitre link : CVE-2025-46824

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-46824

JSON object : View

Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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