Vulnerability · Published May 7, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M
CVE-2025-46824Discourse Code Review Plugin vulnerable to XSS via auto link commits
Low 3.1
In plain English
A low-severity cross-site scripting in discourse-code-review from discourse. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 27% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)3.1Low
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 72.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
The Discourse Code Review Plugin allows users to review GitHub commits on Discourse. Prior to commit eed3a80, an attacker can execute arbitrary JavaScript on users' browsers by posting links to malicious GitHub commits. This problem is patched in commit eed3a80 of the discourse-code-review plugin. As a workaround, one may disable the plugin.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| discourse | discourse-code-review | < eed3a80 |
Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
References
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse-code-review/security/advisories/GHSA-358v-cwvc-gxh5 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse-code-review/commit/eed3a801f8fee217fe782212d8950eb1bd236e43 x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-46824-detect-discourse-plugin-vulnerability
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-46824-mitigate-discourse-plugin-vulnerability