CVE-2023-22468
HIGHDiscourse < 2.8.13 - Cross-Site Scripting via Maliciously Crafted URL
Title source: llmDescription
Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. Versions prior to 2.8.13 (stable), 3.0.0.beta16 (beta) and 3.0.0beta16 (tests-passed), are vulnerable to cross-site Scripting. A maliciously crafted URL can be included in a post to carry out cross-site scripting attacks on sites with disabled or overly permissive CSP (Content Security Policy). Discourse's default CSP prevents this vulnerability. This vulnerability is patched in versions 2.8.13 (stable), 3.0.0.beta16 (beta) and 3.0.0beta16 (tests-passed). As a workaround, enable and/or restore your site's CSP to the default one provided with Discourse.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-8mr2-xf8r-wr8m
Scores
CVSS v3
8.8
EPSS
0.0040
EPSS Percentile
60.8%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-79
Status
published
Products (3)
discourse/discourse
2.9.0 beta1 (14 CPE variants)
discourse/discourse
3.0.0 beta15
discourse/discourse
< 2.8.13
Published
Jan 26, 2023
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026