CVE-2025-22601 json
Client Side Path Traversal using activate account route in Discourse
published 2025-02-04 21 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2025-2876
- cvss
- 3.1
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.4%
- EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 31%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. In affected versions an attacker can trick a target user to make changes to their own username via carefully crafted link using the `activate-account` route. This problem has been patched in the latest version of Discourse. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
Patch / fix
- discourse discourse 3.4.0.beta4
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 20 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 31% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 3.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
Affected products
- discourse discourse
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory
References
-
github.com
/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-gvpp-v7mp-wxxw
third-party-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2025-22601
- NVD CVE-2025-22601
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