CVE-2026-30888 — Discourse has moderator privilege escalation via arbitrary post_id in suspend/silence endpoint

CVE-2026-30888

Discourse has moderator privilege escalation via arbitrary post_id in suspend/silence endpoint PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Versions prior to 2026.3.0-latest.1, 2026.2.1, and 2026.1.2 allow a moderator to edit site policy documents (ToS, guidelines, privacy policy) that they are explicitly prohibited from modifying. Versions 2026.3.0-latest.1, 2026.2.1, and 2026.1.2 contain a patch. No known workarounds are available.

Affected (CNA)

Vendor / product	Versions
discourse / discourse	affected < 2026.3.0-latest.1; affected >= 2026.2.0-latest, < 2026.2.1; affected >= 2026.1.0-latest, < 2026.1.2

CWE

CWE-269

References

https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-jj9p-p7m6-jq96

ADP enrichment

CISA-ADP

No English description supplied.

No references supplied.