Discourse is an open source discussion platform. A privilege escalation vulnerability in versions prior to 3.5.4, 2025.11.2, 2025.12.1, and 2026.1.0 allows a non-admin moderator to bypass email-change restrictions, allowing a takeover of non-staff accounts. This issue is patched in versions 3.5.4, 2025.11.2, 2025.12.1, and 2026.1.0. As a workaround, ensure moderators are trusted or enable the "require_change_email_confirmation" setting.
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:*:*:*:*:stable:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2025.12.0:*:*:*:stable:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2026.1.0:*:*:*:stable:*:*:* |
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Discourse
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Discourse
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| Description | Discourse is an open source discussion platform. A privilege escalation vulnerability in versions prior to 3.5.4, 2025.11.2, 2025.12.1, and 2026.1.0 allows a non-admin moderator to bypass email-change restrictions, allowing a takeover of non-staff accounts. This issue is patched in versions 3.5.4, 2025.11.2, 2025.12.1, and 2026.1.0. As a workaround, ensure moderators are trusted or enable the "require_change_email_confirmation" setting. | |
| Title | Discourse has insecure default configuration that allows non-admin moderators to takeover any non-staff account via email change | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-863 | |
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cvssV4_0
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published: 2026-01-28T19:33:58.921Z
Updated: 2026-01-28T20:15:03.696Z
Reserved: 2025-12-31T16:40:52.676Z
Link: CVE-2025-69289
Updated: 2026-01-28T20:14:48.881Z
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2026-01-28T20:16:13.713
Modified: 2026-01-30T20:47:35.167
Link: CVE-2025-69289
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