CVE-2026-72731
Discourse: Strip SQL comments and use non-recursive parameter interpolation in Data Explorer
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- GitHub_M
Description
Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. From 2026.1.0-latest until 2026.1.7, 2026.6.2, 2026.7.1, and 2026.8.0-latest.1, anyone able to run a parameterized Data Explorer query, including non-staff members of a group a query is shared with, could craft parameter values that escaped the intended query and executed arbitrary SQL through plugins/discourse-data-explorer/lib/discourse_data_explorer/data_explorer.rb and plugins/discourse-data-explorer/lib/discourse_data_explorer/workflows/sql_action/v1.rb. Recursive parameter interpolation allowed one parameter value to introduce another parameter, and parameter declarations in SQL comments could be used to inject a statement. Queries run in a read-only transaction, so data could not be modified, but any table could be read. This issue is fixed in versions 2026.1.7, 2026.6.2, 2026.7.1, and 2026.8.0-latest.1.
Timeline
ID reserved
By GitHub_M
Published
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 | High7.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 3.1 | High7.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.40% · top 65% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.1.
Weakness
Affected products
References (5)
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-wm63-83xp-59r5 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/2bdab888cef561348470dee204a4879d83fbb5c3 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/3dc7f0da7aa18548281152e285244efb1cc8ad0d (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/674ba6fc64184fd7d8e21183c5d8cb22367faa6e (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/ce9ccf24ec3538172dc8f8199728e08f63e57693 (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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