CVE-2025-59337

Discourse is an open-source community discussion platform. In versions 3.5.0 and below, malicious meta-commands could be embedded in a backup dump and executed during restore. In multisite setups, this allowed an admin of one site to access data or credentials from other sites. This issue is fixed in version 3.5.1.

CVSS v3 6.8 MEDIUM

6.8^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.3 / Impact : 4.0

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/43536b60d012cc8084e7e701d6afab9ba01e28a5	Patch
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-7xjr-4f4g-9887	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:::::stable:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:::::beta:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:3.6.0:beta1:::beta:::*

History

16 Oct 2025, 17:33

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:::::beta:::* cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:::::stable:::* cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:3.6.0:beta1:::beta:::*
First Time		Discourse Discourse discourse
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 6.8
References	~~() https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/43536b60d012cc8084e7e701d6afab9ba01e28a5 -~~	() https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/43536b60d012cc8084e7e701d6afab9ba01e28a5 - Patch
References	~~() https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-7xjr-4f4g-9887 -~~	() https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-7xjr-4f4g-9887 - Vendor Advisory

01 Oct 2025, 21:16

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-10-01 21:16

Updated : 2025-10-16 17:33

NVD link : CVE-2025-59337

Mitre link : CVE-2025-59337

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-59337

JSON object : View

Products Affected

discourse

discourse

CWE

CWE-77

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')

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