01 Record
CVE-2026-53963
Discourse: Stored-XSS in 2FA delete confirmation modal
HighPUBLISHEDCNA: GitHub_M
CNA base score7.3 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
02 Description
Discourse: Stored-XSS in 2FA delete confirmation modal
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 ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.73% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 53.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.0 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-07-14.
- 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
- 2026-07-09 22:05Z3 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-07-14 01:19Z3 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-06-11
- Assigning CNA
- GitHub_M
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.3)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Base
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 76f5fa017aea15c8e7f7d56e109afb8d2bec0d88989f72711a08f94fa6236f03
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
discoursediscourse>= 2026.1.0-latest, < 2026.1.5, >= 2026.4.0-latest, < 2026.4.2, >= 2026.5.0-latest, < 2026.5.1—
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-wg5x-7f23-m3r5
- github.comhttps://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/40de62cddadc65c328a1028ab999f3fa94adbfed
- github.comhttps://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/529e17d4d570a48972e7cf64720e5dd1fdf23ca8
- github.comhttps://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/d92973e51a46cf6dd20c71e6068e6769b67eea5b
- github.comhttps://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/daea5214d833eacbdd3b1a78d99eb14e9cabd915
- github.comhttps://github.com/discourse/discourse/releases/tag/v2026.1.5
- github.comhttps://github.com/discourse/discourse/releases/tag/v2026.4.2
- github.comhttps://github.com/discourse/discourse/releases/tag/v2026.5.1
- github.comhttps://github.com/discourse/discourse/releases/tag/v2026.6.0