01 Record
CVE-2025-66488
Discourse allows script execution in uploaded HTML/XML files on S3
MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: GitHub_M
CNA base score4.6 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
02 Description
Discourse allows script execution in uploaded HTML/XML files on S3
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.19% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 9.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2026-01-28 18:15Z9 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-01-28 19:29Z9 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2025-12-02
- Assigning CNA
- GitHub_M
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 4.6)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
- Weaknesses
- CWE-116Improper Encoding or Escaping of OutputClass
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- d8a29ede466acd269ec6324f80e6a54ac2b15141c40b4359d72b3e3370a061e8
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
discoursediscourse< 3.5.4, >= 2025.11.0-latest, < 2025.11.2, >= 2025.12.0-latest, < 2025.12.1, >= 2026.1.0-latest, < 2026.1.0—