Low severity · published Feb 4, 2025
CVE-2025-22601
Client Side Path Traversal using activate account route in Discourse
3.1
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 31% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DI
discourse · discourse
beta: <= 3.4.0.beta3; tests-passed: <= 3.4.0.beta3 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-22601
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-22601
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-gvpp-v7mp-wxxw
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