Discourse: Stored HTML injection in video notification emails
What fixes it
No source in this snapshot names a fixed version. The vendor advisories under References are the place to check.
Description
Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to 2026.1.8, 2026.6.3, 2026.7.2, and 2026.8.0, provider-controlled video titles in lazy video embeds could be reparsed as HTML when Discourse generated notification emails or chat summaries. A user with standard posting privileges could create a post for an enabled YouTube, Vimeo, or TikTok provider whose title contained markup, and the email and chat-summary rendering path would place that markup into the output instead of treating it solely as text. Recipients using HTML-capable email clients could see injected content, potentially including event handlers, but the issue did not directly expose a Discourse browser session or affect the forum page itself. Lazy video embeds must be enabled, which is the default configuration. This issue is fixed in versions 2026.1.8, 2026.6.3, 2026.7.2, and 2026.8.0.
Text from CVE List
Affected versions 4
- discourseaffected: < 2026.8.0CVE List
- discourseaffected: >= 2026.7.0-latest, < 2026.7.2CVE List
- discourseaffected: >= 2026.6.0-latest, < 2026.6.3CVE List
- discourseaffected: >= 2026.1.0-latest, < 2026.1.8CVE List
References 6
- github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/6bf1cdcb3ae1aa146e1fd953a62046bf4a1f143fFixvia CVE List
- github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/8338919df4ecbd0fb85314b762772cc033b764e3Fixvia CVE List
- github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/e7de8285203a2edf85beff3b951e66aeb7e5dc76Fixvia CVE List
- github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/ed8b47df80bcc9f0bd70773fc399c9386f9d52ddFixvia CVE List
- github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-h7cg-2vww-m45cAdvisoryvia CVE List
- github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/42882Referencevia CVE List