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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD5.3 Medium

CVE-2023-22453

Discourse vulnerable to exposure of user post counts per topic to unauthorized users

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.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

discourse discourse

  • < 2.8.14affected
  • >= 2.9.0.beta0, < 3.0.0.beta16affected

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