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Security fix · CVE-2025-59337

Discourse is an open-source community discussion platform.

Published Oct 1, 2025 · catalog updated Oct 2, 2025 · Discourse is an open-source

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-59337. EPSS is 0.30%. Act only if a listed version of Discourse is an open-source is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (Discourse is an open-source).
  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Medium5.5
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.30%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
vendor discourse discourse < 3.5.1

Discourse is an open-source community discussion platform. In versions 3.5.0 and below, malicious meta-commands could be embedded in a backup dump and executed during restore. In multisite setups, this allowed an admin of one site to access data or credentials from other sites. This issue is fixed in version 3.5.1.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor discourse discourse < 3.5.1< 3.5.1

How to fix CVE-2025-59337

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-59337. EPSS is 0.30%. Act only if a listed version of Discourse is an open-source is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with discourse discourse < 3.5.1 < 3.5.1. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.30%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Oct 1, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    Discourse is an open-source community discussion platform. In versions 3.5.0 and below, malicious meta-commands could be embedded in a backup dump and executed during restore. In multisite setups, this allowed an admin of one site to access data or credentials from other sites. This issue is fixed in version 3.5.1.

  2. Oct 2, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    Discourse is an open-source community discussion platform. In versions 3.5.0 and below, malicious meta-commands could be embedded in a backup dump and executed during restore. In multisite setups, this allowed an admin of one site to access data or credentials from other sites. This issue is fixed in version 3.5.1.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-59337

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-59337

    30-day exploitation probability 0.30%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-33221

    Discourse is an open-source community discussion platform. In versions 3.5.0 and below, malicious meta-commands could be embedded in a backup dump and executed during restore. In multisite setups, this allowed an admin of one site to access data or credentials from other sites. T

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 23, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.