Discourse is an open source discussion platform. Prior to versions 2025.12.2, 2026.1.1, and 2026.2.0, fail-open access control in Data Explorer plugin allows any authenticated user to execute SQL queries that have no explicit group assignments, including built-in system queries. Versions 2025.12.2, 2026.1.1, and 2026.2.0 patch the issue. As a workaround, either explicitly set group permissions on each Data Explorer query that doesn't have permissions, or disable discourse-data-explorer plugin.

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Mon, 02 Mar 2026 21:15:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Mon, 02 Mar 2026 18:15:00 +0000

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CPEs cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2026.2.0:*:*:*:latest:*:*:*
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{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


Fri, 27 Feb 2026 09:15:00 +0000

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Description Discourse is an open source discussion platform. Prior to versions 2025.12.2, 2026.1.1, and 2026.2.0, fail-open access control in Data Explorer plugin allows any authenticated user to execute SQL queries that have no explicit group assignments, including built-in system queries. Versions 2025.12.2, 2026.1.1, and 2026.2.0 patch the issue. As a workaround, either explicitly set group permissions on each Data Explorer query that doesn't have permissions, or disable discourse-data-explorer plugin.
Title Discourse's Fail-Open Access Control in Data Explorer Plugin Allows Unauthorized SQL Query Execution
Weaknesses CWE-284
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Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-03-02T21:10:27.953Z

Reserved: 2026-02-25T15:28:40.650Z

Link: CVE-2026-28218

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-03-02T20:58:58.671Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-02-26T22:20:49.600

Modified: 2026-03-02T18:12:49.360

Link: CVE-2026-28218

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-02-27T09:04:07Z

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