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Exposure of user post counts per topic to unauthorized users

Moderate
jomaxro published GHSA-xx97-6494-p2rv Jan 5, 2023

Package

No package listed

Affected versions

stable <= 2.8.13; beta <= 3.0.0.beta15; tests-passed <= 3.0.0.beta15

Patched versions

stable >= 2.8.14; beta >= 3.0.0.beta16; tests-passed >= 3.0.0.beta16

Description

Impact

The number of times a user posted in an arbitrary topic is exposed to unauthorized users through the /u/username.json endpoint.

Patches

This issue is patched in the latest stable, beta and tests-passed versions of Discourse.

Workarounds

There is no known workaround.

Severity

Moderate
5.3
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

CVE ID

CVE-2023-22453

Weaknesses

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