Vulnerability in Discourse Open-Source Discussion Platform
CVE-2025-24972

4.3MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Discourse
Status
Discourse
Vendor
CVE Published:
26 March 2025

Summary

The Discourse open-source discussion platform contains a vulnerability that allows users to be inadvertently added to group direct messages, even when they have disabled messaging in their user preferences. This issue affects versions prior to 3.3.4 on the stable branch and 3.4.0.beta5 on the beta branch. Users seeking to enhance their privacy by disabling chat functionalities may find their preferences overlooked in specific situations. A patch has been introduced in the aforementioned versions, and a workaround is available to prevent unauthorized addition to new group chats.

Affected Version(s)

discourse < 3.3.4 < 3.3.4

discourse >= 3.4.0.beta1, < 3.4.0.beta5 < 3.4.0.beta1, 3.4.0.beta5

References

https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisorie...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
4.3
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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