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This issue has been patched in versions 2026.1.3, 2026.2.2, and 2026.3.0.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":5.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-11","score":0.00174,"percentile":0.06922,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-79"],"published":"2026-03-31T17:39:48Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:31:13Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"Bitnami","package":"discourse","fixed_in":["2026.1.3","2026.2.2"],"sources":["osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Bitnami","package":"discourse","ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"2026.1.0"},{"fixed":"2026.1.3"},{"introduced":"2026.2.0"},{"fixed":"2026.2.2"}]}]}],"products":[{"vendor":"discourse","product":"discourse"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-h2h4-767x-6pc8","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","Vendor Advisory","advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/05e3da2a670cfd499649128b6c955b552451240b","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","Patch","fix"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-32273","tags":["web","advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/32xxx/CVE-2026-32273.json","tags":["advisory"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-32273","title":"Discourse: XSS on category description update via API","description":"Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. From versions 2026.1.0-latest to before 2026.1.3, 2026.2.0-latest to before 2026.2.2, and 2026.3.0-latest to before 2026.3.0, updating a category description via API is not sanitizing the description string, which can lead to XSS attacks. This issue has been patched in versions 2026.1.3, 2026.2.2, and 2026.3.0.","status":"published","published":"2026-03-31T17:39:48.771Z","modified":"2026-03-31T18:52:31.983Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-79"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:19:57.47301Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2026-17550","description":"Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. From versions 2026.1.0-latest to before 2026.1.3, 2026.2.0-latest to before 2026.2.2, and 2026.3.0-latest to before 2026.3.0, updating a category description via API is not sanitizing the description string, which can lead to XSS attacks. This issue has been patched in versions 2026.1.3, 2026.2.2, and 2026.3.0.","status":"published","published":"2026-03-31T17:39:48Z","modified":"2026-03-31T18:52:31Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T19:25:24.891983Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2026-32273","description":"Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. From versions 2026.1.0-latest to before 2026.1.3, 2026.2.0-latest to before 2026.2.2, and 2026.3.0-latest to before 2026.3.0, updating a category description via API is not sanitizing the description string, which can lead to XSS attacks. This issue has been patched in versions 2026.1.3, 2026.2.2, and 2026.3.0.","status":"published","published":"2026-03-31T18:16:49.897Z","modified":"2026-07-24T20:10:00.147Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"secondary"}],"cwes":["CWE-79"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:12:12.261218Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2026-32273","title":"Discourse: XSS on category description update via API","description":"Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. From versions 2026.1.0-latest to before 2026.1.3, 2026.2.0-latest to before 2026.2.2, and 2026.3.0-latest to before 2026.3.0, updating a category description via API is not sanitizing the description string, which can lead to XSS attacks. This issue has been patched in versions 2026.1.3, 2026.2.2, and 2026.3.0.","status":"published","published":"2026-03-31T17:39:48.771Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:31:13.642830136Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-79"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:45:01.218144Z"},{"id":"BIT-discourse-2026-32273","title":"Discourse: XSS on category description update via API","description":"Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. From versions 2026.1.0 to before 2026.1.3, and 2026.2.0 to before 2026.2.2, updating a category description via API is not sanitizing the description string, which can lead to XSS attacks. This issue has been patched in versions 2026.1.3, 2026.2.2, and 2026.3.0.","status":"published","published":"2026-04-07T08:43:48.997Z","modified":"2026-09-08T08:46:21.651548877Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:28:29.152062Z"}]}}