FKIE_CVE-2022-23546

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2023-01-05 19:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 04:30
Severity
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Summary
In version 2.9.0.beta14 of Discourse, an open-source discussion platform, maliciously embedded urls can leak an admin's digest of recent topics, possibly exposing private information. A patch is available for version 2.9.0.beta15. There are no known workarounds for this issue.
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/cf862e736565c6fa905c12b5dbe63d0bd056efb8Patch, Third Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-q9jp-xv4g-328fThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/cf862e736565c6fa905c12b5dbe63d0bd056efb8Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-q9jp-xv4g-328fThird Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
discourse discourse *
discourse discourse 2.9.0
discourse discourse 2.9.0
discourse discourse 2.9.0
discourse discourse 2.9.0
discourse discourse 2.9.0
discourse discourse 2.9.0
discourse discourse 2.9.0
discourse discourse 2.9.0
discourse discourse 2.9.0
discourse discourse 2.9.0
discourse discourse 2.9.0
discourse discourse 2.9.0
discourse discourse 2.9.0
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