CVE 2.4 LOW

Discourse welcome banner user name XSS_CVE-2025-54411

2.4 / 10
LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Description

Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Welcome banner user name string for logged in users can be vulnerable to XSS attacks, which affect the user themselves or an admin impersonating them. Admins can temporarily alter the welcome_banner.header.logged_in_members site text to remove the preferred_display_name placeholder, or not impersonate
any users for the time being. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.5.0.beta8.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2025-54411
Source GitHub_M
Published Aug 19, 2025 at 16:41

Affected Product

Vendor discourse
Product discourse
Version < 3.5.0.beta8
Affected Versions discourse discourse < 3.5.0.beta8

CWE Classification

References

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