CVE-2022-46159

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-46159
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2022-46159.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2022-46159
Aliases
Published
2022-12-02T14:15:11.740Z
Modified
2026-07-08T06:04:19.513552249Z
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
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 
{
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/46xxx/CVE-2022-46159.json",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-770"
    ],
    "cna_assigner": "GitHub_M"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/discourse/discourse

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/discourse/discourse
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Introduced
2fc8e923b67e92d69c92f07de98a09028c5c5079
Fixed
0ce38bd7bce862db251b882613ab7053ca777382
Database specific 
{
    "cpe": [
        "cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:a:discourse:discourse:2.9.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "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: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:*:*:*:*:*:*"
    ],
    "source": [
        "CPE_RANGE",
        "CPE_STRING",
        "REFERENCES"
    ],
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "2.8.13"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "2.9.0-beta1"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "2.9.0-beta1"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "2.9.0-beta10"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "2.9.0-beta10"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "2.9.0-beta11"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "2.9.0-beta11"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "2.9.0-beta12"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "2.9.0-beta12"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "2.9.0-beta13"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "2.9.0-beta13"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "2.9.0-beta14"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "2.9.0-beta14"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "2.9.0-beta2"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "2.9.0-beta2"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "2.9.0-beta3"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "2.9.0-beta3"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "2.9.0-beta4"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "2.9.0-beta4"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "2.9.0-beta5"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "2.9.0-beta5"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "2.9.0-beta6"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "2.9.0-beta6"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "2.9.0-beta7"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "2.9.0-beta7"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "2.9.0-beta8"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "2.9.0-beta8"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

2.*
2.9.0-beta1
2.9.0-beta10
2.9.0-beta11
2.9.0-beta12
2.9.0-beta13
2.9.0-beta14
2.9.0-beta2
2.9.0-beta3
2.9.0-beta4
2.9.0-beta5
2.9.0-beta6
2.9.0-beta7
2.9.0-beta8
v2.*
v2.9.0.beta1
v2.9.0.beta10
v2.9.0.beta11
v2.9.0.beta12
v2.9.0.beta13
v2.9.0.beta14
v2.9.0.beta2
v2.9.0.beta3
v2.9.0.beta4
v2.9.0.beta5
v2.9.0.beta6
v2.9.0.beta7
v2.9.0.beta8
v2.9.0.beta9

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2022-46159.json"