Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Welcome banner user name string for logged in users can be vulnerable to XSS attacks, which affect the user themselves or an admin impersonating them. Admins can temporarily alter the welcome_banner.header.logged_in_members site text to remove the preferred_display_name placeholder, or not impersonate any users for the time being. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.5.0.beta8.
History

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 12:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Discourse
Discourse discourse
Vendors & Products Discourse
Discourse discourse

Tue, 19 Aug 2025 20:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 19 Aug 2025 17:00:00 +0000

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Description Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Welcome banner user name string for logged in users can be vulnerable to XSS attacks, which affect the user themselves or an admin impersonating them. Admins can temporarily alter the welcome_banner.header.logged_in_members site text to remove the preferred_display_name placeholder, or not impersonate any users for the time being. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.5.0.beta8.
Title Discourse welcome banner user name XSS
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 2.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2025-08-19T16:41:40.362Z

Updated: 2025-08-19T19:17:28.269Z

Reserved: 2025-07-21T23:18:10.280Z

Link: CVE-2025-54411

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-08-19T19:17:25.499Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-08-19T17:15:40.833

Modified: 2025-08-20T14:40:17.713

Link: CVE-2025-54411

cve-icon Redhat

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