discourse-code-review Plugin on Discourse Link cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in discourse-code-review Plugin on Discourse. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Link Handler. Performing a manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2025-46824. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in discourse-code-review Plugin on Discourse (the affected version is unknown). It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown code of the component Link Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

The Discourse Code Review Plugin allows users to review GitHub commits on Discourse. Prior to commit eed3a80, an attacker can execute arbitrary JavaScript on users' browsers by posting links to malicious GitHub commits. This problem is patched in commit eed3a80 of the discourse-code-review plugin. As a workaround, one may disable the plugin.

The advisory is shared at github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-46824 since 04/30/2025. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

Applying the patch eed3a801f8fee217fe782212d8950eb1bd236e43 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 2.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 2.8

VulDB Base Score: 2.6
VulDB Temp Score: 2.5
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 3.1
CNA Vector (GitHub_M): 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Patch: eed3a801f8fee217fe782212d8950eb1bd236e43

Timelineinfo

04/30/2025 🔍
05/07/2025 +7 days 🔍
05/07/2025 +0 days 🔍
08/21/2025 +105 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: GHSA-358v-cwvc-gxh5
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-46824 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-46824
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-307941

Entryinfo

Created: 05/07/2025 20:24
Updated: 08/21/2025 00:01
Changes: 05/07/2025 20:24 (66), 08/21/2025 00:01 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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