{"id":"CVE-2025-48877","aliases":["BIT-discourse-2025-48877","EUVD-2025-17469","GHSA-cm93-6m2m-cjcv"],"status":"published","title":"Discourse vulnerable to auto-executing of third-party code in embedded CodePen iframe","description":"Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to version 3.4.4 of the `stable` branch, version 3.5.0.beta5 of the `beta` branch, and version 3.5.0.beta6-dev of the `tests-passed` branch, Codepen is present in the default `allowed_iframes` site setting, and it can potentially auto-run arbitrary JS in the iframe scope, which is unintended. This issue is patched in version 3.4.4 of the `stable` branch, version 3.5.0.beta5 of the `beta` branch, and version 3.5.0.beta6-dev of the `tests-passed` branch. As a workaround, the Codepen prefix can be removed from a site's `allowed_iframes`.","severity":{"version":"4.0","score":8.1,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U","level":"high","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-08","score":0.00426,"percentile":0.37138,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-1038"],"published":"2025-06-09T12:36:29Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:27Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"Bitnami","package":"discourse","fixed_in":["3.4.4"],"sources":["osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Bitnami","package":"discourse","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.4.4"}]}]}],"products":[{"vendor":"discourse","product":"discourse"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-cm93-6m2m-cjcv","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","Vendor Advisory","advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-48877","tags":["web","advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/48xxx/CVE-2025-48877.json","tags":["advisory"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2025-48877","title":"Discourse vulnerable to auto-executing of third-party code in embedded CodePen iframe","description":"Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to version 3.4.4 of the `stable` branch, version 3.5.0.beta5 of the `beta` branch, and version 3.5.0.beta6-dev of the `tests-passed` branch, Codepen is present in the default `allowed_iframes` site setting, and it can potentially auto-run arbitrary JS in the iframe scope, which is unintended. This issue is patched in version 3.4.4 of the `stable` branch, version 3.5.0.beta5 of the `beta` branch, and version 3.5.0.beta6-dev of the `tests-passed` branch. As a workaround, the Codepen prefix can be removed from a site's `allowed_iframes`.","status":"published","published":"2025-06-09T12:36:29.651Z","modified":"2025-06-09T15:17:08.586Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":8.1,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U","level":"high","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-1038"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:32:41.089134Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2025-17469","description":"Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to version 3.4.4 of the `stable` branch, version 3.5.0.beta5 of the `beta` branch, and version 3.5.0.beta6-dev of the `tests-passed` branch, Codepen is present in the default `allowed_iframes` site setting, and it can potentially auto-run arbitrary JS in the iframe scope, which is unintended. This issue is patched in version 3.4.4 of the `stable` branch, version 3.5.0.beta5 of the `beta` branch, and version 3.5.0.beta6-dev of the `tests-passed` branch. As a workaround, the Codepen prefix can be removed from a site's `allowed_iframes`.","status":"published","published":"2025-06-09T12:36:29Z","modified":"2025-06-09T15:17:08Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":8.1,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T20:32:27.753525Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2025-48877","description":"Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to version 3.4.4 of the `stable` branch, version 3.5.0.beta5 of the `beta` branch, and version 3.5.0.beta6-dev of the `tests-passed` branch, Codepen is present in the default `allowed_iframes` site setting, and it can potentially auto-run arbitrary JS in the iframe scope, which is unintended. This issue is patched in version 3.4.4 of the `stable` branch, version 3.5.0.beta5 of the `beta` branch, and version 3.5.0.beta6-dev of the `tests-passed` branch. As a workaround, the Codepen prefix can be removed from a site's `allowed_iframes`.","status":"published","published":"2025-06-09T13:15:23.5Z","modified":"2026-06-17T09:30:25.08Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":8.1,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X","level":"high","assessor":"secondary"},{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-1038"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:11:11.4244Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2025-48877","title":"Discourse vulnerable to auto-executing of third-party code in embedded CodePen iframe","description":"Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to version 3.4.4 of the `stable` branch, version 3.5.0.beta5 of the `beta` branch, and version 3.5.0.beta6-dev of the `tests-passed` branch, Codepen is present in the default `allowed_iframes` site setting, and it can potentially auto-run arbitrary JS in the iframe scope, which is unintended. This issue is patched in version 3.4.4 of the `stable` branch, version 3.5.0.beta5 of the `beta` branch, and version 3.5.0.beta6-dev of the `tests-passed` branch. As a workaround, the Codepen prefix can be removed from a site's `allowed_iframes`.","status":"published","published":"2025-06-09T12:36:29.651Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:27.843973089Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":8.1,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-1038"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:44:50.037003Z"},{"id":"BIT-discourse-2025-48877","title":"Discourse vulnerable to auto-executing of third-party code in embedded CodePen iframe","description":"Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to version 3.4.4 of the `stable` branch, version 3.5.0.beta5 of the `beta` branch, and version 3.5.0.beta6-dev of the `tests-passed` branch, Codepen is present in the default `allowed_iframes` site setting, and it can potentially auto-run arbitrary JS in the iframe scope, which is unintended. This issue is patched in version 3.4.4 of the `stable` branch, version 3.5.0.beta5 of the `beta` branch, and version 3.5.0.beta6-dev of the `tests-passed` branch. As a workaround, the Codepen prefix can be removed from a site's `allowed_iframes`.","status":"published","published":"2025-06-11T11:45:07.067Z","modified":"2026-09-10T16:00:32.897419658Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:28:28.70813Z"}]}}