Medium severity · published Sep 24, 2026
CVE-2026-91120
Discourse: Stored HTML injection in video notification emails
5.4
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to 2026.1.8, 2026.6.3, 2026.7.2, and 2026.8.0, provider-controlled video titles in lazy video embeds could be reparsed as HTML when Discourse generated notification emails or chat summaries. A user with standard posting privileges could create a post for an enabled YouTube, Vimeo, or TikTok provider whose title contained markup, and the email and chat-summary rendering path would place that markup into the output instead of treating it solely as text. Recipients using HTML-capable email clients could see injected content, potentially including event handlers, but the issue did not directly expose a Discourse browser session or affect the forum page itself. Lazy video embeds must be enabled, which is the default configuration. This issue is fixed in versions 2026.1.8, 2026.6.3, 2026.7.2, and 2026.8.0.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 10% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DI
discourse · discourse
< 2026.8.0; >= 2026.7.0-latest, < 2026.7.2; >= 2026.6.0-latest, < 2026.6.3; >= 2026.1.0-latest, < 2026.1.8 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-91120
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-91120
github.com
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/6bf1cdcb3ae1aa146e1fd953a62046bf4a1f143f
github.com
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/8338919df4ecbd0fb85314b762772cc033b764e3
github.com
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/e7de8285203a2edf85beff3b951e66aeb7e5dc76
github.com
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/ed8b47df80bcc9f0bd70773fc399c9386f9d52dd
github.com
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/42882
github.com
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-h7cg-2vww-m45c
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