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Vulnerability from bitnami_vulndb

Published

2024-10-11 10:50

Modified

2026-09-08 08:34

Summary

Prevent topic list filtering by hidden tags for unauthorized users in Discourse

Details

Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. Users can see topics with a hidden tag if they know the label/name of that tag. This issue has been patched in the latest stable, beta and tests-passed version of Discourse. All users area are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Bitnami",
        "name": "discourse",
        "purl": "pkg:bitnami/discourse"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3.3.2"
            }
          ],
          "type": "SEMVER"
        }
      ],
      "severity": [
        {
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N",
          "type": "CVSS_V3"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2024-45297"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
    ],
    "severity": "Medium"
  },
  "details": "Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. Users can see topics with a hidden tag if they know the label/name of that tag. This issue has been patched in the latest stable, beta and tests-passed version of Discourse. All users area are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.",
  "id": "BIT-discourse-2024-45297",
  "modified": "2026-09-08T08:34:36.952Z",
  "published": "2024-10-11T10:50:59.674Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-58xw-3qr3-53gp"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45297"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.5.0",
  "summary": "Prevent topic list filtering by hidden tags for unauthorized users in Discourse"
}

CVE-2024-45297 (GCVE-0-2024-45297)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-10-07 20:24 – Updated: 2024-10-08 18:13

Title

Prevent topic list filtering by hidden tags for unauthorized users in Discourse

Summary

Severity

5.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2024-10-08 18:12 UTC

CWE

CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management

Assigner

GitHub_M mitre root Scorecard

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/a…	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
discourse	discourse	Affected: stable: < 3.3.2 Affected: beta: < 3.4.0.beta2
discourse	discourse	Affected: stable , < 3.3.2 (custom) Affected: beta , < 3.4.0.beta2 (custom) cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse::::::::

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        "affected": [
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              "cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "defaultStatus": "unknown",
            "product": "discourse",
            "vendor": "discourse",
            "versions": [
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                "lessThan": "3.3.2",
                "status": "affected",
                "version": "stable",
                "versionType": "custom"
              },
              {
                "lessThan": "3.4.0.beta2",
                "status": "affected",
                "version": "beta",
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              }
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          }
        ],
        "metrics": [
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                "options": [
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                    "Exploitation": "none"
                  },
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                    "Automatable": "yes"
                  },
                  {
                    "Technical Impact": "partial"
                  }
                ],
                "role": "CISA Coordinator",
                "timestamp": "2024-10-08T18:12:03.791405Z",
                "version": "2.0.3"
              },
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            }
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        "title": "CISA ADP Vulnrichment"
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          "product": "discourse",
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          "versions": [
            {
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              "version": "stable: \u003c 3.3.2"
            },
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              "version": "beta: \u003c 3.4.0.beta2"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
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          "lang": "en",
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        }
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "cvssV3_1": {
            "attackComplexity": "LOW",
            "attackVector": "NETWORK",
            "availabilityImpact": "NONE",
            "baseScore": 5.3,
            "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
            "confidentialityImpact": "LOW",
            "integrityImpact": "NONE",
            "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
            "scope": "UNCHANGED",
            "userInteraction": "NONE",
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      },
      "references": [
        {
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            "x_refsource_CONFIRM"
          ],
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      ],
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    }
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    "dateReserved": "2024-08-26T18:25:35.443Z",
    "dateUpdated": "2024-10-08T18:13:28.994Z",
    "state": "PUBLISHED"
  },
  "dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
  "dataVersion": "5.1"
}

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