CVE-2026-30888

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-30888
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-30888.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-30888
Aliases
Published
2026-03-20T02:55:58.300Z
Modified
2026-08-12T03:51:23.012818973Z
Severity
  • 2.2 (Low) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
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-latest.1, 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-latest.1, 2026.2.1, and 2026.1.2 contain a patch. No known workarounds are available.

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner": "GitHub_M",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-269"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/30xxx/CVE-2026-30888.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/discourse/discourse

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/discourse/discourse
Events
Database specific
Show details
{
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "2026.1.0"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "2026.1.2"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "2026.2.0"
        },
        {
            "fixed": "2026.2.1"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "2026.3.0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "2026.3.0"
        }
    ],
    "source": [
        "CPE_RANGE",
        "CPE_STRING"
    ],
    "cpe": [
        "cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2026.3.0:*:*:*:latest:*:*:*"
    ]
}

Affected versions

2026.*
2026.3.0
Other
esr
stable
v2026.*
v2026.1.0
v2026.1.0-latest
v2026.1.1
v2026.2.0
v2026.2.0-latest
v2026.3.0-latest

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-30888.json"