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CVE-2025-22601— Client Side Path Traversal using activate account route in Discourse

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Affected
discourse discourse
Exploitation
No confirmed in-the-wild exploitation; assess based on exposure
Recommended action
Check the vendor advisory and references for a fixed version. If immediate upgrade is impossible, restrict exposure and increase monitoring.

Discourse是Discourse开源的一套开源的社区讨论平台。该平台包括社区、电子邮件和聊天室等功能。 Discourse存在路径遍历漏洞，该漏洞源于攻击者可以通过精心构造的链接利用activate-account路由，诱使目标用户更改自己的用户名。

CVSS 3.1 · Low EPSS 0.37% · P31
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2025-22601

Vulnerability Information
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Vulnerability Title
Client Side Path Traversal using activate account route in Discourse
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Description
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.
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
CVSS Information
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Type
对路径名的限制不恰当(路径遍历)
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Title
Discourse 路径遍历漏洞
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Description
Discourse是Discourse开源的一套开源的社区讨论平台。该平台包括社区、电子邮件和聊天室等功能。 Discourse存在路径遍历漏洞，该漏洞源于攻击者可以通过精心构造的链接利用activate-account路由，诱使目标用户更改自己的用户名。
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)

Affected Products

Vendor Product Affected Versions CPE Subscribe
discourse discourse beta: <= 3.4.0.beta3 -

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Vendor Advisories for CVE-2025-22601 (1)

Same Patch Batch · discourse · 2025-02-04 · 9 CVEs total

CVE-2024-55948 8.2 HIGH Anonymous cache poisoning via XHR requests in Discourse
CVE-2025-23023 8.2 HIGH Anonymous cache poisoning via request headers in Discourse
CVE-2024-56328 6.5 MEDIUM HTMLi(XSS without CSP) via Onebox urls in Discourse
CVE-2025-22602 6.5 MEDIUM Stored DOM-based XSS (without CSP) via video placeholders in Discourse
CVE-2024-53266 4.3 MEDIUM Cross-site Scripting (XSS) via topic titles when CSP disabled in Discourse
CVE-2024-53851 4.3 MEDIUM Partial denial of service via inline oneboxes in Discourse
CVE-2024-53994 4.3 MEDIUM Potential bypass of chat permissions in Discourse
CVE-2024-56197 2.2 LOW Users can see other user's tagged PMs in Discourse

IV. Related Vulnerabilities

Same product: discourse
Same vendor: discourse
Same weakness: CWE-22