Description
Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. In stable versions prior to 2.8.12 and beta or tests-passed versions prior to 2.9.0.beta.13, under certain conditions, a user can see notifications for topics they no longer have access to. If there is sensitive information in the topic title, it will therefore have been exposed. This issue is patched in stable version 2.8.12, beta version 2.9.0.beta13, and tests-passed version 2.9.0.beta13. There are no workarounds available.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/c6ee28ec756436cc9ce154dd2c8e4c441f92f693
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-354r-jpj5-53c2
Scores
CVSS v3
3.5
EPSS
0.0019
EPSS Percentile
40.4%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-200
CWE-863
Status
published
Products (2)
discourse/discourse
2.9.0 beta1 (12 CPE variants)
discourse/discourse
< 2.8.11
Published
Nov 28, 2022
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026