CVE-2026-72730
high
CVSS v3
8.7
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
8.7
Description
Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to 2026.1.6, 2026.5.2, 2026.6.1, and 2026.7.0, the Rich Text Editor rendered a chat-transcript username as HTML, allowing stored cross-site scripting. This issue is fixed in versions 2026.1.6, 2026.5.2, 2026.6.1, and 2026.7.0.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
91%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
Propose a mitigation on Community Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
References
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/32920affe4ad97b461ca2ae2f664c5fefc374baf
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/3fb1e8ead0d4f48d2cf55c8110825c7e8a6a45f5
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/7eb35d076ab9b6a612e86182336ce9787ce402ea
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/9633b8ecaf5a99f0407f5261b9bd1a05f7dac529
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-wg48-qxjc-f459
CWEs
CWE-79
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.