CWE-1038

Insecure Automated Optimizations

1 CVEs Avg CVSS 9.8 MITRE
1
CRITICAL
0
HIGH
0
MEDIUM
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LOW
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POC
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CVE-2025-48877 CRITICAL Act Now

Discourse versions prior to 3.4.4 (stable), 3.5.0.beta5 (beta), and 3.5.0.beta6-dev (tests-passed) contain a critical vulnerability where Codepen is included in the default `allowed_iframes` site setting and can auto-execute arbitrary JavaScript within the iframe scope, enabling unauthenticated remote code execution. With a CVSS score of 9.8 and network-accessible attack vector requiring no privileges or user interaction, this vulnerability poses severe risk to all default Discourse installations and should be prioritized for immediate patching.

RCE Discourse
NVD GitHub
CVSS 3.1
9.8
EPSS
0.2%
CVE-2025-48877
EPSS 0% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

Discourse versions prior to 3.4.4 (stable), 3.5.0.beta5 (beta), and 3.5.0.beta6-dev (tests-passed) contain a critical vulnerability where Codepen is included in the default `allowed_iframes` site setting and can auto-execute arbitrary JavaScript within the iframe scope, enabling unauthenticated remote code execution. With a CVSS score of 9.8 and network-accessible attack vector requiring no privileges or user interaction, this vulnerability poses severe risk to all default Discourse installations and should be prioritized for immediate patching.

RCE Discourse
NVD GitHub

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