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CVE-2022-21677

Discourse is an open source discussion platform. Discourse groups can be configured with varying visibility levels for t

Discourse is an open source discussion platform. Discourse groups can be configured with varying visibility levels for the group as well as the group members. By default, a newly created group has its visibility set to public and the group's members visibility set to public as well.

However, a group's visibility and the group's members visibility can be configured such that it is restricted to logged on users, members of the group or staff users. A vulnerability has been discovered in versions prior to 2.7.13 and 2.8.0.beta11 where the group advanced search option does not respect the group's visibility and members visibility level. As such, a group with restricted visibility or members visibility can be revealed through search with the right search option.

This issue is patched in stable version 2.7.13, beta version 2.8.0.beta11, and tests-passed version 2.8.0.beta11 versions of Discourse. There are no workarounds aside from upgrading.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3 EPSS 0.00358
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Weakness Classification

CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
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Affected Products & Versions

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discourse<= 2.7.12
discourseall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS v3.1 · security-advisories@github.com
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD14 Jan 2022 · 05:15 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
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References & Sources

2
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/fff8b98485561b12d070c0a8c39f4e503813ab44PatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/discourse/discourse/security/advisories/GHSA-768r-ppv4-5r27Third Party Advisory
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