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CVE-2025-69289

Discourse has insecure default configuration that allows non-admin moderators to takeover any non-staff account via email change PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

Discourse is an open source discussion platform. A privilege escalation vulnerability in versions prior to 3.5.4, 2025.11.2, 2025.12.1, and 2026.1.0 allows a non-admin moderator to bypass email-change restrictions, allowing a takeover of non-staff accounts. This issue is patched in versions 3.5.4, 2025.11.2, 2025.12.1, and 2026.1.0. As a workaround, ensure moderators are trusted or enable the "require_change_email_confirmation" setting.

Affected (CNA)

Vendor / productVersions
discourse / discourseaffected < 3.5.4; affected >= 2025.11.0-latest, < 2025.11.2; affected >= 2025.12.0-latest, < 2025.12.1; affected >= 2026.1.0-latest, < 2026.1.0

CWE

CWE-863

References

ADP enrichment

CISA-ADP

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