CVE-2022-46162 (GCVE-0-2022-46162)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-11-30 00:00 – Updated: 2025-04-22 15:58
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Discourse BBCode plugin vulnerable to arbitrary CSS injection
Summary
discourse-bbcode is the official BBCode plugin for Discourse. Prior to commit 91478f5, CSS injection can occur when rendering content generated with the discourse-bccode plugin. This vulnerability only affects sites which have the discourse-bbcode plugin installed and enabled. This issue is patched in commit 91478f5. As a workaround, ensure that the Content Security Policy is enabled and monitor any posts that contain bbcode.
Severity
8.8 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-04-22 15:39 UTC
CWE
- CWE-74 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| discourse | discourse-bbcode |
Affected:
< 91478f5cfecdcc43cf85b997168a8ecfd0f8df90
|
guessed |
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