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CVE-2025-22601

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Published: Feb 4, 2025Modified: Sep 25, 2025

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3.1
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Exploitability: 1.6 / Impact: 1.4
Source: security-advisories@github.com (Secondary)

Description

Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. In affected versions an attacker can trick a target user to make changes to their own username via carefully crafted link using the `activate-account` route. This problem has been patched in the latest version of Discourse. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Affected (4)

Products: Discourse: Discourse
Discourse
1 product
Discourse
Configuration A
4 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Discourse
Discourse
Before 3.4.0
Discourse
Version 3.4.0 beta1
Discourse
Version 3.4.0 beta2
Discourse
Version 3.4.0 beta3

Related CWEs

CWE-22
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.

References (1)

Source: security-advisories@github.com
Third Party Advisory

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