Vulnerability · Published Feb 4, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2025-22601Client Side Path Traversal using activate account route in Discourse

Low 3.1

In plain English

A low-severity path traversal in discourse from discourse. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 31% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)3.1Low

Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 68.9% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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 products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
discourse	discourse	beta: <= 3.4.0.beta3tests-passed: <= 3.4.0.beta3

Weakness: CWE-22 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

References

https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-gvpp-v7mp-wxxw x_refsource_CONFIRM