Discourse: Stored XSS via unescaped actor name in post actions
cve-program · CVE-2026-59830
PublishedDiscourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to 2026.7.0, the post action component failed to escape user-controlled display names before interpolating them into an HTML string passed to trustHTML. A user who could choose a crafted display name could persist markup in post action descriptions. Viewing the affected user activity streams could execute attacker-controlled script in another user's browser. This issue is fixed in version 2026.7.0.
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cve-program · CVE-2026-59830
PublishedDiscourse: Stored XSS via unescaped actor name in post actions
Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to 2026.7.0, the post action component failed to escape user-controlled display names before interpolating them into an HTML string passed to trustHTML. A user who could choose a crafted display name could persist markup in post action descriptions. Viewing the affected user activity streams could execute attacker-controlled script in another user's browser. This issue is fixed in version 2026.7.0.
- Source published
- 21 Sep 2026 21:17:38 UTC
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- 22 Sep 2026 15:38:41 UTC
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- 23 Oct 2026 15:48:27 UTC
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CVSS 3.1 · 5.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N