CVE-2026-30888

MEDIUM5.5EPSS 0.01%

Discourse has moderator privilege escalation via arbitrary post_id in suspend/silence endpoint

Published: 3/27/2026Modified: 4/2/2026

Also known as:GHSA-jj9p-p7m6-jq96BIT-discourse-2026-30888

Description

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

Affected packages (1)

Bitnami/discoursefrom 0, < 2026.3.0

CVSS scores

Source	Version	Severity	Vector
osv	CVSS 3.1	MEDIUM5.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N

References (2)

WEBhttps://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-jj9p-p7m6-jq96
WEBhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-30888