Discourse email invite HTML injection: <3.4.4, 3.5.0.beta5, 3.5.0.beta6-dev
CVE-2025-48062 Published on June 9, 2025
Discourse vulnerable to HTML injection when inviting to topic via email
Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to version 3.4.4 of the `stable` branch, version 3.5.0.beta5 of the `beta` branch, and version 3.5.0.beta6-dev of the `tests-passed` branch, certain invites via email may result in HTML injection in the email body if the topic title includes HTML. This includes inviting someone (without an account) to a PM and inviting someone (without an account) to a topic with a custom message. This issue is patched in version 3.4.4 of the `stable` branch, version 3.5.0.beta5 of the `beta` branch, and version 3.5.0.beta6-dev of the `tests-passed` branch. This can be worked around if the relevant templates are overridden without `{topic_title}`.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2025-48062 is exploitable with network access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a high impact on confidentiality, with no impact on integrity, and no impact on availability.
Weakness Types
What is an Output Sanitization Vulnerability?
The software prepares a structured message for communication with another component, but encoding or escaping of the data is either missing or done incorrectly. As a result, the intended structure of the message is not preserved.
CVE-2025-48062 has been classified to as an Output Sanitization vulnerability or weakness.
What is a XSS Vulnerability?
The software does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.
CVE-2025-48062 has been classified to as a XSS vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2025-48062
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Affected Versions
discourse:- Version < 3.4.4 is affected.
- Version < 3.5.0.beta5 is affected.
- Version < 3.5.0.beta6-dev is affected.
Exploit Probability
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