CVE-2024-24748

Disclosure of the existence of secret subcategories in Discourse

Severity Score

5.3

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Attend

*SSVC

Descriptions

Discourse is an open source platform for community discussion. In affected versions an attacker can learn that a secret subcategory exists under a public category which has no public subcategories. The issue is patched in the latest stable, beta and tests-passed version of Discourse. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Discourse es una plataforma de código abierto para el debate comunitario. En las versiones afectadas, un atacante puede descubrir que existe una subcategoría secreta en una categoría pública que no tiene subcategorías públicas. El problema está solucionado en la última versión estable, beta y probada de Discourse. Se recomienda a los usuarios que actualicen. No se conocen workarounds para esta vulnerabilidad.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

GitHubv3.1 5.3

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Attend

Exploitation

None

Automatable

Yes

Tech. Impact

Partial

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2024-01-29 CVE Reserved
2024-03-15 CVE Published
2024-03-16 EPSS Updated
2024-08-27 CVE 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/commit/819361ba28f86a1347059af300bb5cca690f9193	X_refsource_misc
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-3qh8-xw23-cq4x	X_refsource_confirm

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

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"				<= 3.2.0 Search vendor "Discourse" for product "Discourse" and version " <= 3.2.0"		en		Affected