Reaction metadata exposed in private topics in Discourse-reactions
CVE-2023-30611

5.3MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Discourse
Status
Discourse-reactions
Vendor
CVE Published:
19 April 2023

What is CVE-2023-30611?

Discourse-reactions is a plugin that allows user to add their reactions to the post in the Discourse messaging platform. In affected versions data about what reactions were performed on a post in a private topic could be leaked. This issue has been addressed in version 0.3. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should disable the discourse-reactions plugin to fully mitigate the issue.

Affected Version(s)

discourse-reactions >= 0.2, < 0.3

References

https://github.com/discourse/discourse-reactions/security...
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https://github.com/discourse/discourse-reactions/commit/0...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.3
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
None
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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