CVE-2022-23546

Discourse vulnerable to private topic leak via email#send_digest

Severity Score

5.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Track

*SSVC

Descriptions

In version 2.9.0.beta14 of Discourse, an open-source discussion platform, maliciously embedded urls can leak an admin's digest of recent topics, possibly exposing private information. A patch is available for version 2.9.0.beta15. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Track

Exploitation

None

Automatable

Tech. Impact

Partial

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2022-01-19 CVE Reserved
2023-01-05 CVE Published
2025-03-10 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-q9jp-xv4g-328f	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/cf862e736565c6fa905c12b5dbe63d0bd056efb8	2023-01-12

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Discourse Search vendor "Discourse"		Discourse Search vendor "Discourse" for product "Discourse"				< 2.9.0 Search vendor "Discourse" for product "Discourse" and version " < 2.9.0"		-		Affected
Discourse Search vendor "Discourse"		Discourse Search vendor "Discourse" for product "Discourse"				2.9.0 Search vendor "Discourse" for product "Discourse" and version "2.9.0"		beta1		Affected
Discourse Search vendor "Discourse"		Discourse Search vendor "Discourse" for product "Discourse"				2.9.0 Search vendor "Discourse" for product "Discourse" and version "2.9.0"		beta10		Affected
Discourse Search vendor "Discourse"		Discourse Search vendor "Discourse" for product "Discourse"				2.9.0 Search vendor "Discourse" for product "Discourse" and version "2.9.0"		beta11		Affected
Discourse Search vendor "Discourse"		Discourse Search vendor "Discourse" for product "Discourse"				2.9.0 Search vendor "Discourse" for product "Discourse" and version "2.9.0"		beta12		Affected
Discourse Search vendor "Discourse"		Discourse Search vendor "Discourse" for product "Discourse"				2.9.0 Search vendor "Discourse" for product "Discourse" and version "2.9.0"		beta13		Affected
Discourse Search vendor "Discourse"		Discourse Search vendor "Discourse" for product "Discourse"				2.9.0 Search vendor "Discourse" for product "Discourse" and version "2.9.0"		beta14		Affected
Discourse Search vendor "Discourse"		Discourse Search vendor "Discourse" for product "Discourse"				2.9.0 Search vendor "Discourse" for product "Discourse" and version "2.9.0"		beta2		Affected
Discourse Search vendor "Discourse"		Discourse Search vendor "Discourse" for product "Discourse"				2.9.0 Search vendor "Discourse" for product "Discourse" and version "2.9.0"		beta3		Affected
Discourse Search vendor "Discourse"		Discourse Search vendor "Discourse" for product "Discourse"				2.9.0 Search vendor "Discourse" for product "Discourse" and version "2.9.0"		beta4		Affected
Discourse Search vendor "Discourse"		Discourse Search vendor "Discourse" for product "Discourse"				2.9.0 Search vendor "Discourse" for product "Discourse" and version "2.9.0"		beta5		Affected
Discourse Search vendor "Discourse"		Discourse Search vendor "Discourse" for product "Discourse"				2.9.0 Search vendor "Discourse" for product "Discourse" and version "2.9.0"		beta6		Affected
Discourse Search vendor "Discourse"		Discourse Search vendor "Discourse" for product "Discourse"				2.9.0 Search vendor "Discourse" for product "Discourse" and version "2.9.0"		beta7		Affected
Discourse Search vendor "Discourse"		Discourse Search vendor "Discourse" for product "Discourse"				2.9.0 Search vendor "Discourse" for product "Discourse" and version "2.9.0"		beta8		Affected