BIT-discourse-2026-30888

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Import Source
https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/discourse/BIT-discourse-2026-30888.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/BIT-discourse-2026-30888
Aliases
Published
2026-03-27T07:10:23.855Z
Modified
2026-04-02T13:26:12.575313281Z
Summary
Discourse has moderator privilege escalation via arbitrary post_id in suspend/silence endpoint
Details

Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Versions prior to 2026.3.0, 2026.2.1, and 2026.1.2 allow a moderator to edit site policy documents (ToS, guidelines, privacy policy) that they are explicitly prohibited from modifying. Versions 2026.3.0, 2026.2.1, and 2026.1.2 contain a patch. No known workarounds are available.

Database specific 
{
    "cpes": [
        "cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
    ],
    "severity": "Medium"
}
References

Affected packages

Bitnami / discourse

Package

Name
discourse
Purl
pkg:bitnami/discourse

Severity

  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2026.3.0

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/discourse/BIT-discourse-2026-30888.json"