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CVE-2023-22453

Published: Jan 5, 2023

Modified: Mar 10, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

5.3

MEDIUM

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.

VendorProductVersions

discourse

discourse

affected
< 2.8.14
affected
>= 2.9.0.beta0, < 3.0.0.beta16

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-200

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

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

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

None

References

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