01 Record
CVE-2026-55424
Discourse: Topic featured link susceptible to stored XSS
HighPUBLISHEDCNA: GitHub_M
CNA base score7.4 CVSS v4.0CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
02 Description
Discourse: Topic featured link susceptible to stored XSS
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
- 0.41% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 35.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.4 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- 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 22:01Z3 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-07-10 14:40Z3 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-06-16
- Assigning CNA
- GitHub_M
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.4)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Base
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 385dc9f2da3c81c0e42a92e8439c0d69b224614995c66c400fcd0d00e83d09ef
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-695w-7fv8-mxg3
- github.comhttps://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/1bce8881e4253d9bbab56f011a12ef899b926b59
- github.comhttps://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/6679d9a5083488bae10c2adbb345c481c583242c
- github.comhttps://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/6828aee9b15c2655d63b515ac919830bd540ff83
- github.comhttps://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/c9b9405f5bd0bf0269e505e28e3aad388d7657c5
- 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