CVE-2026-53963
Discourse: Stored-XSS in 2FA delete confirmation modal
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- GitHub_M
Description
Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to 2026.6.0, 2026.5.1, 2026.4.2, and 2026.1.5, a malicious second factor name on an attacker-controlled account was not escaped in the delete confirmation dialog, allowing stored cross-site scripting when an administrator impersonated that account. This issue is fixed in versions 2026.6.0, 2026.5.1, 2026.4.2, and 2026.1.5.
Timeline
ID reserved
By GitHub_M
- 28 days later
· 28 days later
Published
- 5 days later
· 5 days later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Critical9.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.73% · top 45% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.3.
Weakness
Affected products
References (9)
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-wg5x-7f23-m3r5 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/40de62cddadc65c328a1028ab999f3fa94adbfed (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/529e17d4d570a48972e7cf64720e5dd1fdf23ca8 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/d92973e51a46cf6dd20c71e6068e6769b67eea5b (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/daea5214d833eacbdd3b1a78d99eb14e9cabd915 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/releases/tag/v2026.1.5 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/releases/tag/v2026.4.2 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/releases/tag/v2026.5.1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/releases/tag/v2026.6.0 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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