Answer in brief
CVE-2026-72720 records a Medium severity (CVSS 6.4) vulnerability in Discourse: HTML injection in PrettyText.format_for_email from cooked-attribute reparsing. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps discourse/discourse (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 6.4. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.
The current feed maps discourse/discourse (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| discourse/discoursegeneric | < 2026.1.7 || >= 2026.6.0-latest, < 2026.6.2 || >= 2026.7.0-latest, < 2026.7.1 || >= 2026.8.0-latest, < 2026.8.0-latest.1 | Not reported |
Published upstream
Aug 10, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Sep 8, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Aug 10, 2026
Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to 2026.1.7, 2026.6.2, 2026.7.1, and 2026.8.0-latest.1, Discourse has HTML injection in PrettyText.format_for_email because cooked attribute values are reparsed as markup. Crafted Vimeo iframe sources, secure-upload URLs or dimensions, and hashtag data-slug values can cause decoded attribute text to be reinterpreted as HTML. The vulnerable conversion also fails to strictly validate the Vimeo iframe host and path, allowing non-Vimeo allowlisted iframes to be converted. This issue is fixed in versions 2026.1.7, 2026.6.2, 2026.7.1, and 2026.8.0-latest.1.
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