CVE-2025-48053
Severity CVSS v4.0:
HIGH
Type:
CWE-400
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption ('Resource Exhaustion')
Publication date:
09/06/2025
Last modified:
12/06/2025
Description
Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to version 3.4.4 of the `stable` branch, version 3.5.0.beta5 of the `beta` branch, and version 3.5.0.beta6-dev of the `tests-passed` branch, sending a malicious URL in a PM to a bot user can cause a reduced the availability of a Discourse instance. This issue is patched in version 3.4.4 of the `stable` branch, version 3.5.0.beta5 of the `beta` branch, and version 3.5.0.beta6-dev of the `tests-passed` branch. No known workarounds are available.
Impact
Base Score 4.0
8.70
Severity 4.0
HIGH