CVE-2026-91159: high-severity vulnerability in discourse
Discourse: Stored oEmbed HTML injection via allowed iframe
Published
38Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. It has a public proof of concept.
ssvc Attendcvss 7.7
from disclosure to weapon0 days
Published on NVDOct 14
1st PoCSep 30
exploitation probability
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observed exploitation
nono source reports it
1 public exploit(s)
Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to 2026.9.0, 2026.8.1, 2026.7.3, and 2026.1.9, oEmbed processing treated an entire attacker-controlled HTML fragment as trusted when the fragment contained an iframe whose source matched the configured allowlist. A user with posting permission who controlled a public webpage and its oEmbed response could combine an allowlisted iframe with unrelated sibling HTML or CSS, causing stored visual overlays or other styled content to appear in post content and enabling misleading or fraudulent user interfaces. Exploitation requires a posting account, control of the fetched webpage and oEmbed response, and an allowlisted iframe source. The issue affects content integrity but does not expose restricted data, disrupt availability, or require interaction with Discourse Content Security Policy. This issue is fixed in versions 2026.9.0, 2026.8.1, 2026.7.3, and 2026.1.9.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
Affected products
discourse · discoursepublic PoCs found — 1
githubgithub.com/sl4x0/autheo-cve-2026-91159-poc★ 0⚠ Public resources, to assess the exposure of systems you control or are authorized to test. Test only with authorization.
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References
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/0953b31f5c2949d7d6ab5f6dc4c5e2f1b8bf0b22https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/3fc2bad6cdca47b00958330d1ee612aa141b039ahttps://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/dde8bc4fb6200139f5eff7e100b0f3e829d37ab3https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/ed6f83f123d1a4c6c6c7e64c8a2233e3cb6a28d7https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-f9jx-vv33-4282