CVEvulnerability
CVE-2023-22453
5.3 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2023-01-05
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200
Description
Discourse is an option source discussion platform. Prior to version 2.8.14 on the `stable` branch and version 3.0.0.beta16 on the `beta` and `tests-passed` branches, the number of times a user posted in an arbitrary topic is exposed to unauthorized users through the `/u/username.json` endpoint. The issue is patched in version 2.8.14 and 3.0.0.beta16. There is no known workaround.
Affected configurations
• discourse discourse (< 2.8.14)
• discourse discourse 1.1.0
• discourse discourse 1.2.0
• discourse discourse 1.3.0
• discourse discourse 1.4.0
• discourse discourse 1.5.0
• discourse discourse 1.6.0
• discourse discourse 1.7.0
• discourse discourse 1.8.0
• discourse discourse 1.9.0
• discourse discourse 2.0.0
• discourse discourse 2.1.0
• discourse discourse 2.2.0
• discourse discourse 2.3.0
• discourse discourse 2.4.0
• discourse discourse 2.5.0
• discourse discourse 2.6.0
• discourse discourse 2.7.0
• discourse discourse 2.8.0
• discourse discourse 2.9.0
• discourse discourse 3.0.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness
References
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/cbcf8a064b4889a19c991641e09c399bfa1ef2ad Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-xx97-6494-p2rv Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/cbcf8a064b4889a19c991641e09c399bfa1ef2ad Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-xx97-6494-p2rv Third Party Advisory