{"id":"BIT-discourse-2026-30888","summary":"Discourse has moderator privilege escalation via arbitrary post_id in suspend/silence endpoint","details":"Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Versions prior to 2026.3.0, 2026.2.1, and 2026.1.2 allow a moderator to edit site policy documents (ToS, guidelines, privacy policy) that they are explicitly prohibited from modifying. Versions 2026.3.0, 2026.2.1, and 2026.1.2 contain a patch. No known workarounds are available.","aliases":["CVE-2026-30888","GHSA-jj9p-p7m6-jq96"],"modified":"2026-09-08T08:46:29.393308558Z","published":"2026-03-27T07:10:23.855Z","database_specific":{"severity":"Medium","cpes":["cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"]},"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-jj9p-p7m6-jq96"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-30888"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"discourse","ecosystem":"Bitnami","purl":"pkg:bitnami/discourse"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2026.3.0"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/discourse/BIT-discourse-2026-30888.json"},"severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N"}]}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}