{"id":"BIT-discourse-2025-69289","summary":"Discourse has insecure default configuration that allows non-admin moderators to takeover any non-staff account via email change","details":"Discourse is an open source discussion platform. A privilege escalation vulnerability in versions prior to 3.5.4, 2025.11.2, 2025.12.1, and 2026.1.0 allows a non-admin moderator to bypass email-change restrictions, allowing a takeover of non-staff accounts. This issue is patched in versions 3.5.4, 2025.11.2, 2025.12.1, and 2026.1.0. As a workaround, ensure moderators are trusted or enable the \"require_change_email_confirmation\" setting.","aliases":["CVE-2025-69289","GHSA-p39j-x54c-rwqq"],"modified":"2026-09-08T08:46:19.756507325Z","published":"2026-02-02T08:42:26.675Z","database_specific":{"severity":"Medium","cpes":["cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"]},"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-p39j-x54c-rwqq"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-69289"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"discourse","ecosystem":"Bitnami","purl":"pkg:bitnami/discourse"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.5.4"},{"introduced":"2025.11.0"},{"fixed":"2025.11.2"},{"introduced":"2025.12.0"},{"fixed":"2025.12.1"},{"introduced":"2026.1.0"},{"fixed":"2026.1.0"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/discourse/BIT-discourse-2025-69289.json"},"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V4","score":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/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"}]}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}