Discourse is an open-source community discussion platform. In versions 3.5.0 and below, malicious meta-commands could be embedded in a backup dump and executed during restore. In multisite setups, this allowed an admin of one site to access data or credentials from other sites. This issue is fixed in version 3.5.1.
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History

Thu, 02 Oct 2025 09:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Discourse
Discourse discourse
Vendors & Products Discourse
Discourse discourse

Wed, 01 Oct 2025 21:00:00 +0000

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Description Discourse is an open-source community discussion platform. In versions 3.5.0 and below, malicious meta-commands could be embedded in a backup dump and executed during restore. In multisite setups, this allowed an admin of one site to access data or credentials from other sites. This issue is fixed in version 3.5.1.
Title Discourse: Cross-Site Data Exposure via Backup Restore Metacommand Injection in Multisite Deployments
Weaknesses CWE-77
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2025-10-01T20:41:45.833Z

Reserved: 2025-09-12T12:36:24.635Z

Link: CVE-2025-59337

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-10-01T21:16:43.197

Modified: 2025-10-01T21:16:43.197

Link: CVE-2025-59337

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-10-02T08:38:16Z