CVE-2025-59337CWE-77command-injection

CVE-2025-59337

Medium · published October 2, 2025

CVSS v3.1
6.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
21.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Discourse is an open-source community discussion platform. In versions 3.5.0 and below, malicious meta-commands could be embedded in a backup dump and executed during restore. In multisite setups, this allowed an admin of one site to access data or credentials from other sites. This issue is fixed in version 3.5.1.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.8 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00297 · 21.2th percentile
Weakness
CWE-77 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')
Published
2025-10-02T01:16Z
Affected products (3)
ProductVersionsFixed in
discourse/discourse< 3.5.13.5.1
discourse/discourse< 3.6.03.6.0
discourse/discourseall versions—
References (2)
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/43536b60d012cc8084e7e701d6afab9ba01e28a5 · [email protected]https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-7xjr-4f4g-9887 · [email protected]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 01 OCT 20:41Z
    Discourse: Cross-Site Data Exposure via Backup Restore Metacommand Injection in Multisite Deployments
    cvelistv5