CVE-2025-22601

Client Side Path Traversal using activate account route in Discourse

Published Feb 4, 2025 CVSS 3.1 · 3.1 Low EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-2876 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.
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:3.4.0:-:*:*:beta:*:*:*
Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:*:*:*:*:beta:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:3.4.0:-:*:*:beta:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:3.4.0:beta1:*:*:beta:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:3.4.0:beta2:*:*:beta:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:3.4.0:beta3:*:*:beta:*:*:*
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00055}

epss

{'score': 0.00061}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
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.
Title Client Side Path Traversal using activate account route in Discourse
Weaknesses CWE-22
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Feb 11, 2025, 9:32 PM
Reserved
Jan 7, 2025, 3:07 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Feb 4, 2025, 9:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 8:48 AM