Low severity · published May 7, 2025
CVE-2025-46824
Discourse Code Review Plugin vulnerable to XSS via auto link commits
3.1
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Discourse Code Review Plugin allows users to review GitHub commits on Discourse. Prior to commit eed3a80, an attacker can execute arbitrary JavaScript on users' browsers by posting links to malicious GitHub commits. This problem is patched in commit eed3a80 of the discourse-code-review plugin. As a workaround, one may disable the plugin.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 27% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DI
discourse-code-review · discourse
< eed3a80 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-46824
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-46824
github.com
https://github.com/discourse/discourse-code-review/commit/eed3a801f8fee217fe782212d8950eb1bd236e43
github.com
https://github.com/discourse/discourse-code-review/security/advisories/GHSA-358v-cwvc-gxh5
www.vicarius.io
https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-46824-detect-discourse-plugin-vulnerability
www.vicarius.io
https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-46824-mitigate-discourse-plugin-vulnerability