Discourse is an open source discussion platform. Prior to versions 2025.12.2, 2026.1.1, and 2026.2.0, a user full name can be evaluated as raw HTML when the following settings are set: `display_name_on_posts` => true; and `prioritize_username_in_ux` => false. Editing a post of a malicious user would trigger an XSS. Versions 2025.12.2, 2026.1.1, and 2026.2.0 patch the issue. No known workarounds are available.
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Description Discourse is an open source discussion platform. Prior to versions 2025.12.2, 2026.1.1, and 2026.2.0, a user full name can be evaluated as raw HTML when the following settings are set: `display_name_on_posts` => true; and `prioritize_username_in_ux` => false. Editing a post of a malicious user would trigger an XSS. Versions 2025.12.2, 2026.1.1, and 2026.2.0 patch the issue. No known workarounds are available.
Title Discourse has XSS when editing a malicious post
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 1.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-02-26T21:20:25.181Z

Reserved: 2026-02-18T00:18:53.962Z

Link: CVE-2026-27154

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-02-26T22:20:47.730

Modified: 2026-02-26T22:20:47.730

Link: CVE-2026-27154

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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