CVE 5.5 MEDIUM

Discourse: Cross-Site Data Exposure via Backup Restore Metacommand Injection in Multisite Deployments_CVE-2025-59337

5.5 / 10
MEDIUM
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

Description

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.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2025-59337
Source GitHub_M
Published Oct 1, 2025 at 20:41

Affected Product

Vendor discourse
Product discourse
Version < 3.5.1
Affected Versions discourse discourse < 3.5.1

CWE Classification

References

💭 Join the Security Discussion

🔒 Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

⚠️ Please be respectful and constructive in your comments. Security discussions should remain professional.