Vulnerability · Published Jan 28, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M
CVE-2025-68660Discourse AI Discover's continue conversation allows threat actor to impersonate user
Medium 5.3
In plain English
A medium-severity incorrect authorization 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 0.2% (higher than 15% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
Discourse is an open source discussion platform. In versions prior to 3.5.4, 2025.11.2, 2025.12.1, and 2026.1.0, an endpoint lets any authenticated user bypass the ai_discover_persona access controls and gain ongoing DM access to personas that may be wired to staff-only categories, RAG document sets, or automated tooling, enabling unauthorized data disclosure. Because the controller also accepts arbitrary user_id, an attacker can impersonate other accounts to trigger unwanted AI conversations on their behalf, generating confusing or abusive PM traffic. This issue is patched in versions 3.5.4, 2025.11.2, 2025.12.1, and 2026.1.0. No known workarounds are available.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-863 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
References
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-mrvm-rprq-jqqh x_refsource_CONFIRM