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CVE-2026-53960

Discourse: Hidden first-post excerpt is emitted in Q&A schema JSON-LD

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 2026.1.6, 2026.5.2, 2026.6.1
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: yes
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to 2026.1.6, 2026.5.2, 2026.6.1, and 2026.7.0, hidden or otherwise unviewable first-post content was leaked as an excerpt in the publicly-served Q&A (QAPage) JSON-LD structured data, exposing it to any unauthenticated visitor and to search-engine crawlers. This issue is fixed in versions 2026.1.6, 2026.5.2, 2026.6.1, and 2026.7.0.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • discourse discourse

    fixed in 2026.1.6; From 2026.5.0-latest · fixed in 2026.5.2; From 2026.6.0-latest · fixed in 2026.6.1

References 1

GitHub · discourse/discourse