Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Versions prior to 2026.3.0-latest.1, 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-latest.1, 2026.2.1, and 2026.1.2 contain a patch. No known workarounds are available.
History

Fri, 20 Mar 2026 03:15:00 +0000

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Description Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Versions prior to 2026.3.0-latest.1, 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-latest.1, 2026.2.1, and 2026.1.2 contain a patch. No known workarounds are available.
Title Discourse has moderator privilege escalation via arbitrary post_id in suspend/silence endpoint
Weaknesses CWE-269
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 2.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-03-20T02:55:58.300Z

Reserved: 2026-03-06T00:04:56.700Z

Link: CVE-2026-30888

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-03-20T03:15:58.860

Modified: 2026-03-20T03:15:58.860

Link: CVE-2026-30888

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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