Policy Acceptance Widget Issue in Discourse by Discourse
CVE-2026-29072

8.2HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Discourse
Status
Discourse
Vendor
CVE Published:
19 March 2026

What is CVE-2026-29072?

An issue in Discourse allows unauthorized users to create functional policy acceptance widgets in their posts if certain conditions are met. This vulnerability affects versions prior to 2026.3.0-latest.1, 2026.2.1, and 2026.1.2, which have been patched. Users are advised to disable the discourse-policy plugin by modifying the policy_enabled site setting as an immediate workaround to enhance security.

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Affected Version(s)

discourse >= 2026.1.0-latest, < 2026.1.2 < 2026.1.0-latest, 2026.1.2

discourse >= 2026.2.0-latest, < 2026.2.1 < 2026.2.0-latest, 2026.2.1

discourse = 2026.3.0-latest = 2026.3.0-latest

References

https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisorie...
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CVSS V4

Score:
8.2
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
High
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
High
Attack Required:
None
Privileges Required:
Undefined
User Interaction:
None

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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