Medium severity · published Jan 5, 2023
CVE-2022-23546
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…
5.5
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 22% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DI
Discourse · Discourse
before 2.9.0; 2.9.0; 2.9.0; 2.9.0; 2.9.0; 2.9.0; +8 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23546
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-23546
Patch
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/cf862e736565c6fa905c12b5dbe63d0bd056efb8
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-q9jp-xv4g-328f
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