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Plain-English summary
CVE-2026-27151 is a low-severity Discourse authorization flaw. Certain trusted users or category moderators could move posts into destination topics where they should not be allowed to post, such as read-only or group-restricted categories. This affects content governance and moderation integrity, not system takeover.
Executive priority
Treat as a routine, low-urgency patch for Discourse communities with delegated moderation. Prioritize faster if restricted categories support compliance, announcements, or controlled publishing workflows where unauthorized post placement could create business confusion or reputational risk.
Technical view
Before Discourse 2025.12.2, 2026.1.1, and 2026.2.0, the move_posts action checked permissions on the source topic but did not validate write permission on the destination topic. The issue is classified as CWE-862, missing authorization, with CVSS 4.0 score 1.3.
Likely exposure
Exposure is limited to Discourse instances running affected versions where TL4 users or category group moderators exist and can move posts. The impact is unauthorized placement of posts into restricted categories or topics, not confidentiality loss or service disruption per the published CVSS vector.
Exploitation context
The source states exploitation requires a low-privileged authenticated role with move-post capability. The CVE record marks exploitation as unproven, and it is not listed as KEV in the provided bundle. No public active exploitation evidence was provided.
Researcher notes
This is an authorization gap in destination-topic validation for post moves. The public advisory names fixed versions and no workaround. Available evidence supports integrity-only impact at low severity. Do not assume broader privilege escalation, data access, or active exploitation without new vendor or KEV evidence.
Mitigation direction
- Upgrade Discourse to 2025.12.2, 2026.1.1, 2026.2.0, or later applicable release.
- If immediate upgrade is not possible, check Discourse vendor guidance; no workaround is published.
- Review trusted-user and category moderator assignments for least privilege.
Validation and detection
- Inventory Discourse deployments and identify versions below the fixed releases.
- Confirm whether TL4 users or category group moderators are enabled.
- Review moderation logs for posts moved into restricted or read-only categories.
- Verify upgrade completion against the fixed version numbers.
Public sources used
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- Low
- CVSS
- 1.3 (4.0)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U
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CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U——Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 4.0 score
1.3LowVector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-m69h-9m2g-cfgwCVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
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Missing Authorization
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