Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to 2026.6.0, 2026.5.1, 2026.4.2, and 2026.1.5, a malicious second factor name on an attacker-controlled account was not escaped in the delete confirmation dialog, allowing stored cross-site scripting when an administrator impersonated that account. This issue is fixed in versions 2026.6.0, 2026.5.1, 2026.4.2, and 2026.1.5.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00451.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
discourse discourse affected
Version Status Constraints
>= 2026.1.0-latest, < 2026.1.5 affected —
>= 2026.4.0-latest, < 2026.4.2 affected —
>= 2026.5.0-latest, < 2026.5.1 affected —

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Solution

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Workaround

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References
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https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/40de62cddadc65c328a1028ab999f3fa94adbfed cve-icon
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/529e17d4d570a48972e7cf64720e5dd1fdf23ca8 cve-icon
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/d92973e51a46cf6dd20c71e6068e6769b67eea5b cve-icon
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/daea5214d833eacbdd3b1a78d99eb14e9cabd915 cve-icon
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/releases/tag/v2026.1.5 cve-icon
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/releases/tag/v2026.4.2 cve-icon
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/releases/tag/v2026.5.1 cve-icon
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/releases/tag/v2026.6.0 cve-icon
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-wg5x-7f23-m3r5 cve-icon
History

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 02:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Fri, 10 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Discourse
Discourse discourse
Vendors & Products Discourse
Discourse discourse

Thu, 09 Jul 2026 22:15:00 +0000

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Description Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to 2026.6.0, 2026.5.1, 2026.4.2, and 2026.1.5, a malicious second factor name on an attacker-controlled account was not escaped in the delete confirmation dialog, allowing stored cross-site scripting when an administrator impersonated that account. This issue is fixed in versions 2026.6.0, 2026.5.1, 2026.4.2, and 2026.1.5.
Title Discourse: Stored-XSS in 2FA delete confirmation modal
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-14T01:19:05.114Z

Reserved: 2026-06-11T15:50:01.282Z

Link: CVE-2026-53963

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-14T01:18:59.525Z

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Updated: 2026-07-23T09:15:03Z

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