BIT-discourse-2022-46159

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Import Source

https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/discourse/BIT-discourse-2022-46159.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/BIT-discourse-2022-46159

Aliases

CVE-2022-46159
GHSA-qf99-xpx6-hgxp

Published

2024-03-06T11:02:38.003Z

Modified

2025-11-06T13:25:46.476Z

Summary

Any authenticated Discourse user can create an unlisted topic

Details

Discourse is an open-source discussion platform. In version 2.8.13 and prior on the stable branch and version 2.9.0.beta14 and prior on the beta and tests-passed branches, any authenticated user can create an unlisted topic. These topics, which are not readily available to other users, can take up unnecessary site resources. A patch for this issue is available in the main branch of Discourse. There are no known workarounds available.

Database specific

{
    "severity": "Medium",
    "cpes": [
        "cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2.9.0:beta10:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2.9.0:beta11:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2.9.0:beta12:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2.9.0:beta13:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2.9.0:beta14:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2.9.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2.9.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2.9.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2.9.0:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2.9.0:beta5:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2.9.0:beta6:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2.9.0:beta7:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2.9.0:beta8:*:*:*:*:*:*"
    ]
}

References

Affected packages

Bitnami / discourse

Package

Name: discourse
Purl: pkg:bitnami/discourse

Severity

4.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L CVSS Calculator

Affected ranges

Type: SEMVER
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

2.8.14