5.3 MEDIUM
- CVSS version: 3.1
- Attack vector (AV): NETWORK
- Attack complexity (AC): LOW
- Privileges required (PR): NONE
- User interaction (UI): NONE
- Scope (S): UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality impact (C): LOW
- Integrity impact (I): NONE
- Availability impact (A): NONE
Discourse has check revision visibility on posts endpoint
Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to versions 2026.3.0-latest.1, 2026.2.1, and 2026.1.2, requesting /posts/:id.json?version=X bypassed authorization checks on post revisions. The display_post method called post.revert_to directly without verifying whether the revision was hidden or if the user had permission to view edit history. This meant hidden revisions (intentionally concealed by staff) could be read by any user by simply enumerating version numbers. Starting in versions 2026.3.0-latest.1, 2026.2.1, and 2026.1.2, Discourse looks up the PostRevision and call guardian.ensure_can_see! before reverting, consistent with how the /posts/:id/revisions/:revision endpoint already authorizes access. No known workarounds are available.
References
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/8510fde30eb0d7f2dee822a95f6cf43b9ac943d0 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/c0eeb5892f5d61ad62b057f4d468333a6e9f28c3 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/c474fbd79d2bd231baafb4332970297d781f92ca x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-fq69-f929-wp96 x_refsource_CONFIRM
Affected products
- === 2026.3.0-latest
- ==>= 2026.2.0-latest, < 2026.2.1
- ==>= 2026.1.0-latest, < 2026.1.2
Matching in nixpkgs
pkgs.discourse
Discourse is an open source discussion platform
pkgs.discourseAllPlugins
Discourse is an open source discussion platform
pkgs.discourse-mail-receiver
Helper program which receives incoming mail for Discourse
pkgs.python312Packages.pydiscourse
Python library for working with Discourse
pkgs.python313Packages.pydiscourse
Python library for working with Discourse
pkgs.python314Packages.pydiscourse
Python library for working with Discourse
pkgs.grafanaPlugins.grafana-discourse-datasource
Allows users to search and view topics, posts, users, tags, categories, and reports on a given Discourse forum through Grafana
Package maintainers
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@talyz Kim Lindberger <kim.lindberger@gmail.com>
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@Dettorer Paul Hervot <paul.hervot@dettorer.net>
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@nagisa Simonas Kazlauskas <nixpkgs@kazlauskas.me>