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Names of groups with restricted visibility may be leaked when viewing a category

Moderate
nattsw published GHSA-v4c9-6m9g-37ff Apr 7, 2022

Package

Discourse (Discourse)

Affected versions

stable <= 2.8.2; beta <= 2.9.0.beta3; tests-passed <= 2.9.0.beta3

Patched versions

stable >= 2.8.3; beta >= 2.9.0.beta4; tests-passed >= 2.9.0.beta4

Description

Impact

When a group with restricted visibility has been used to set the permissions of a category, the name of the group is leaked to any user that is able to see the category.

Patches

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

Workarounds

To workaround the problem, a site administrator can remove groups with restricted visibility from any category's permissions setting.

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-2022-24804

Weaknesses

No CWEs