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.
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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 | |
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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

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

Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2025-08-19T17:15:40.833
Modified: 2025-08-20T14:40:17.713
Link: CVE-2025-54411

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