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Discourse allows self-XSS through malicious composer message

Published Nov 29, 2022

Description

Discourse is an open-source messaging platform. In versions 2.8.10 and prior on the `stable` branch and versions 2.9.0.beta11 and prior on the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches, users composing malicious messages and navigating to drafts page could self-XSS. This vulnerability can lead to a full XSS on sites which have modified or disabled Discourse’s default Content Security Policy. This issue is patched in the latest stable, beta and tests-passed versions of Discourse.

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner GitHub_M
Published Nov 29, 2022
Updated Apr 23, 2025
Reserved Nov 28, 2022
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated Apr 23, 2025
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 17, 2026
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a