CVE-2026-31805

Summary

Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. Prior to versions 2026.3.0-latest.1, 2026.2.1, and 2026.1.2, an authorization bypass in the poll plugin allowed authenticated users to vote on, remove votes from, or toggle the open/closed status of polls they did not have access to. By passing post_id as an array (e.g. post_id[]=&post_id[]=), the authorization check resolves to the accessible post while the poll lookup resolves to a different post's poll. This affects the vote, remove_vote, and toggle_status endpoints in DiscoursePoll::PollsController. Versions 2026.3.0-latest.1, 2026.2.1, and 2026.1.2 contain a patch.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
discoursediscourse>= 2026.1.0-latest, < 2026.1.2affected
discoursediscourse>= 2026.2.0-latest, < 2026.2.1affected
discoursediscourse= 2026.3.0-latest.1affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-863: CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization
  • CWE-20: CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: none
    • Automatable: yes
    • Technical Impact: partial

References