CVE-2025-68933
CVE.org · Published
- Record status
- Published
- Identifier year (not publication year)
- 2025
- Source publication
- Source updated
- Imported by cveboard
- Source snapshot
- cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·
CNA source text (English)
Discourse non-admin moderators can exfiltrate private content via post ownership transfer
Discourse is an open source discussion platform. In versions prior to 3.5.4, 2025.11.2, 2025.12.1, and 2026.1.0, non-admin moderators with the `moderators_change_post_ownership` setting enabled can change ownership of posts in private messages and restricted categories they cannot access, then export their data to view the content. This is a broken access control vulnerability affecting sites that grant moderators post ownership transfer permissions. This issue is patched in versions 3.5.4, 2025.11.2, 2025.12.1, and 2026.1.0. The patch adds visibility checks for both the topic and posts before allowing ownership transfer. As a workaround, disable the `moderators_change_post_ownership` site setting to prevent non-admin moderators from using the post ownership transfer feature.
Scoped product and version facts
Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.
discourse
- Vendor
- discourse
- Product
- discourse
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
Unknown
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| < 3.5.4 | affected | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| >= 2025.11.0-latest, < 2025.11.2 | affected | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| >= 2025.12.0-latest, < 2025.12.1 | affected | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| >= 2026.1.0-latest, < 2026.1.0 | affected | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |